I couldn't thole the voice, but I wouldn't mind the view, if you get my meaning. |
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He relates the importance of the thole, which secures the oar to the boat, and notes that towing was the expedition's worst job assignment. |
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But these are the perils of my profession, and I am happy to thole them for the privilege of attending some of the best sport around. |
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You've just got to thole it because the clouds might disappear and suddenly you'll be busy. |
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Perhaps because he had known hard times himself he could thole the hard times of the nation. |
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We were in an excellent position to check the Time item about the squeak of a fisherman's oars against thole pins. |
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A thole pin is an upright steel pin on the rowing frame that serves as a fulcrum for the oar. |
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It was a time of transition and suspension along New England's hores, the squeak of a fisherman's oars against thole pins sounded lonely and clear in the fog. |
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The oars did not use rowlocks or thole pins but holes cut below the gunwale line. |
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