Usually means: Ghostly ship doomed to sail.
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  1. Flying Dutchman: Merriam-Webster
  2. Flying Dutchman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Flying Dutchman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Flying Dutchman: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Flying Dutchman: Vocabulary.com
  6. Flying Dutchman: Wordnik
  7. Flying Dutchman: Wiktionary
  8. Flying Dutchman: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Flying Dutchman, flying dutchman: Dictionary.com
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  11. Flying dutchman: Rhymezone
  12. Flying Dutchman: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. flying dutchman: FreeDictionary.org
  14. flying dutchman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Flying Dutchman: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. flying dutchman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  17. Flying Dutchman: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Flying Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman: Encyclopedia

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  1. Flying Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Flying Dutchman: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (Flying Dutchman)

noun:  (nautical folklore) A mythical Dutch-flagged ghost clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. In European naval folklore, it was considered to portend bad luck.
noun:  A ship similar to the Flying Dutchman; a ghost ship.

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