hulk
/hʌlk/ noun C1- A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
- A large structure with a dominating presence.
- A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
- An excessively muscled person.
Plural hulks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It was there Wilmore had first met him and fought against him; and in that war Zaccone had been taken prisoner, sent to England, and consigned to the hulks, whence he had escaped by swimming.
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