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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 |
| Anargul | | - | Kazakh |
| Aladdin | | ə-LAD-in (English) | Literature |
| Hedvig | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| Lir | | LEER | Irish Mythology |
| Clitus | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| Lashonda | | - | African American |