old-tub

Updated: May 25, 2025

Tonet, however, with nothing in particular to lose on the venture, made fun of the old-tub a torpedo-boat he called her, she sat so low in the water! At dawn the Mala Dona was just visible, as an indistinct silhouette, over the stern, and an hour later they were fairly to sea.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Mayflower (Flor de mayo) : A Tale of the Valencian Seashore