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Nantucket sleigh ride
Nantucket sleigh ride
An instance of a whaling ship that has hooked a whale and thus is being pulled by it. We're going on a Nantucket sleigh ride today, boys—I can feel it! There's a whale out there just waiting for our harpoons!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Waldeburg | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Dennis | | DEN-is (English), DE-nis (German), DEN-nis (Dutch) | English, German, Dutch |
| Ed | | ED (English), ET (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
| Reynard | | RAY-nahrd, REN-ərd | English (Rare) |
| Randal | | RAN-dəl | English |
| Anastazija | | - | Croatian, Slovene |