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mushroom anchor
noun
Nautical.
- a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mushroom anchor1
First recorded in 1835–45
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The invalid sat on the shank of a mushroom anchor, and smoked his pipe while he affected to superintend the work.
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It was the buoy to which the Cagayan shore end had been fastened, and there was not a little mystery as to how it could have got away from its mushroom anchor.
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