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Flying Dutchman
DEFINITIONS OF:
Flying Dutchman
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n
a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
Type of:
apparition
,
fantasm
,
phantasm
,
phantasma
,
phantom
,
shadow
something existing in perception only
n
the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
Type of:
apparition
,
fantasm
,
phantasm
,
phantasma
,
phantom
,
specter
,
spectre
a ghostly appearing figure
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