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  • n  structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

  • The ponderous slipway has been checked and greased.
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  • Paul Watson in The Canberra Times
    The Yushin Maru No. 1 was transferring the whale up the slipway and we were trying to block that transfer and the Yushin Maru No. 2 just shot right in front of us,Mr Watson said, speaking via satellite phone. "I couldn't move to starboard...

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