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Manila rope
noun
- rope made from Manila hemp.
Manila rope
noun
- rope of Manila hemp
Word History and Origins
Origin of Manila rope1
Example Sentences
They walked along the shore while his uncle studied the treestumps, puffing at his pipe, a manila rope coiled over his shoulder.
Glazed in light aqua and hung with a natural manila rope, the J Schatz stoneware bird bath will give the birder on your list endless opportunities for bird watching at home.
Tangles of old film and manila rope haunt the area beneath he stage.
Made from knotted and frayed orange Manila rope — more typically found in ships’ lines and fishing nets — “Contact III” hangs from the rafters, more than 30 feet long and nearly 10 feet tall, like a fence in the loft-like upstairs gallery.
The dog whimpered and squealed in brute, dumfounded hysteria at the end of an old Manila rope and groveled and crawled on its belly without resisting, but the man beat it and beat it anyway with his heavy, flat stick.
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