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nantucket sleigh ride

Originally the term for harpooning a whale in a rickety boat usually meant to hold no more than 16 people, and letting the whale swim itself tired before killing the whale

Popularised by whale killing off nantucket island

Mainly found in old whaling books, and Moby Dick

Nantucket Sleigh Ride

by Flambeau February 28, 2005

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