A "Nantucket Sleighride" was the result of harpooning a whale. The ship subsequently was dragged behind the whale by a line running from the harpoon to the ship. The Nantucket Sleighride would continue until the whale died, the line broke, or the ship sank.
After harpooning the whale, the good ship "Alabaster" was taken on a Nantucket Sleighride for nearly an hour.
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Popularised by whale killing off nantucket island
Mainly found in old whaling books, and Moby Dick
Popularised by whale killing off nantucket island
Mainly found in old whaling books, and Moby Dick
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The act of pulling both of a girls pigtails while in the doggy style position acting as if her pigtails where the reigns of a sleigh
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