Whale catcher
noun
1.
a vessel engaged in the actual harpooning of whales
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- Whale of a
whale away
- Whale of a time
A very enjoyable experience, as in We had a whale of a time in Puerto Rico. This idiom alludes to the largest mammal to describe something very large and impressive. [ ; early 1900s ]
- Whale-oil
noun 1. oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles. noun 1. oil obtained either from the blubber of whales (train oil) or the head of the sperm whale (sperm oil)