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mosquito fleet
noun
- a group or fleet of PT boats or other small, armed boats.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mosquito fleet1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
But the smaller steamers and gunboats of the "mosquito fleet" went in, and the town was surrendered without firing a shot.
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This was only one of many encounters that the Mosquito Fleet had with the pirates.
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Then a mighty cheer went up from the men of the mosquito fleet, in which the passengers aboard the Glasgow joined with a will.
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The mosquito fleet that had surrounded her, hoping for some stray pickings, had dispersed.
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But the French "mosquito fleet," consisting of destroyers, torpedo boats and submarines, is comparatively large.
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