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shipwrecked

adjective C2
  1. Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
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## The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 100 · B2
A SHIPWRECKED MAN, having been cast upon a certain shore, slept after his buffetings with the deep.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 100 · B2
And without listening to Villefort he arose, and followed Valentine, who was running downstairs with the joy of a shipwrecked mariner who finds a rock to cling to.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 762 · C1
Danglars felt as much overcome with joy as the miser who finds a lost treasure, or as the shipwrecked mariner who feels himself on solid ground instead of in the abyss which he expected would swallow him up.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 825 · C1

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