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galleongal‧le‧on /ˈɡæliən/ noun [countable]  galleonOrigin: 1500-1600 Old Spanish galeón, from Old French galie; ➔ GALLEY - Galleons, I believe ... yes, galleons in full sail ... on the hanging bits.
- A bus sailed by like a ghostly galleon.
- Bad weather accounted for most of the losses thirty galleons lost in 250 years.
- Granny was a galleon in the queue of our boys, glowing and clucking.
- Spine like the mast on a galleon.
- The great wooden chalet creaked and resonated like a galleon in full sail.
- Then the vessels were full-sized galleons, carefully prepared for the trip which usually took six months.
- Was Sylvian still out there, floating with the galleons and flotsam?
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