daggoo

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• supportsFlask

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  Daggoo provides his lofty shoulders as a literal pedestal for Flask, enabling Flask to achieve a higher vantage point for observation.

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  Daggoo with one lifted arm furnishing him with a breastband to lean against and steady himself by

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• is_squire_toFlask

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  Daggoo serves as the squire or assistant to little Flask, the third mate.

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  Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looked like a chess-man beside him.

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• referenced_bySpanish Sailor

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  Aye, harpooneer, thy race is the undeniable dark side of mankind—devilish dark at that. No offence.

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• describes feature ofMoby Dick

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  Daggoo contributes to the collective identification of Moby Dick by describing its distinctively bushy and quick spout.

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  And has he a curious spout, too,” said Daggoo, “very bushy, even for a parmacetty, and mighty quick, Captain Ahab?

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• attempts_rescue_ofTashtego

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  Daggoo, upon realizing Tashtego has fallen, immediately calls for action and puts himself into the bucket to be hoisted down for a rescue attempt.

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  “Man overboard!” cried Daggoo, who amid the general consternation first came to his senses. “Swing the bucket this way!” and putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom

• usesIron-bound Bucket

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  Daggoo uses the iron-bound bucket, placing his foot into it, to be quickly hoisted up towards the whale's head in his attempt to rescue Tashtego.

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  and putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head

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• protectsQueequeg

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  Daggoo, alongside Tashtego, uses a whale-spade to kill sharks and safeguard Queequeg, despite the risk of accidental injury.

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  Tashtego and Daggoo continually flourished over his head a couple of keen whale-spades, wherewith they slaughtered as many sharks as they could reach.

• usesWhale-spades

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  Daggoo utilizes whale-spades to slaughter sharks that threaten Queequeg, providing him with protection.

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  Tashtego and Daggoo continually flourished over his head a couple of keen whale-spades, wherewith they slaughtered as many sharks as they could reach.

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• pranksDough-Boy

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  Daggoo, in a sudden humorous fit, assists Dough-Boy's memory by snatching him up and thrusting his head into a wooden trencher.

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  And once Daggoo, seized with a sudden humor, assisted Dough-Boy’s memory by snatching him up bodily, and thrusting his head into a great empty wooden trencher

• usesWooden Trencher

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  Daggoo uses an empty wooden trencher in a rough prank against Dough-Boy by thrusting the steward's head into it.

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  thrusting his head into a great empty wooden trencher

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• holds_roleHarpooneer

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  Daggoo is identified as the third among the harpooneers on the Pequod.

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  Third among the harpooneers was Daggoo, a gigantic, coal-black negro-savage, with a lion-like tread—an Ahasuerus to behold.

• originated_fromAfrica

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  Daggoo had never been anywhere in the world but Africa, indicating his continent of origin.

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  never having been anywhere in the world but in Africa, Nantucket, and the pagan harbors most frequented by whalemen;

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• mountsMast-head

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  Daggoo eagerly climbs to one of the mast-heads to keep watch.

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  he saw Tashtego, Queequeg, and Daggoo, eagerly mounting to the three mast-heads

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• contributes_tochase_intensity

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  Daggoo's wild yells add to the cacophony and intensity of the whale chase, reflecting the crew's fervor.

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  “Kee-hee! Kee-hee!” yelled Daggoo, straining forwards and backwards on his seat, like a pacing tiger in his cage

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• referenced_byPagan Harpooneers

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  glance long upon Daggoo, Queequeg, Tashtego

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• spotsGreat Live Squid

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  Daggoo, from his vantage point at the main-mast-head, first sighted the strange spectre that turned out to be the great live squid.

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  a strange spectre was seen by Daggoo from the main-mast-head.

• mistakes_forMoby Dick

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  Daggoo initially questioned if the great white mass he saw was Moby Dick, then yelled out that it was the White Whale.

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  yet is this Moby Dick? thought Daggoo. Again the phantom went down, but on re-appearing once more, with a stiletto-like cry that startled every man from his nod, the negro yelled out—“There! there again! there she breaches! right ahead! The White Whale, the White Whale!”

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• repairsWhale-boats

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  Daggoo is actively working to stop the strained planks of a damaged whale-boat during the chaotic pursuit.

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  While Daggoo and Queequeg were stopping the strained planks

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• observesTashtego

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  Daggoo witnesses Tashtego sinking, 'dimly beheld clinging to the pendulous tackles,' after falling into the whale's head.

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  Daggoo, through a thick mist of spray, was dimly beheld clinging to the pendulous tackles, while poor, buried-alive Tashtego was sinking utterly down to the bottom of the sea!

• observesQueequeg

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  Daggoo sees Queequeg's arm thrust up from the waves, indicating his successful rescue mission after diving.

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  Ha! ha!” cried Daggoo, all at once, from his now quiet, swinging perch overhead; and looking further off from the side, we saw an arm thrust upright from the blue waves

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• cutsWhale steak

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  Daggoo is ordered to obtain a whale steak from the "small," which is the tapering extremity of the Sperm Whale's body.

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  overboard you go, and cut me one from his small!” Here be it known, that though these wild fishermen do not, as a general thing, and according to the great military maxim, make the enemy defray the current expenses of the war (at least before realizing the proceeds of the voyage), yet now and then you find some of these Nantucketers who have a genuine relish for that particular part of the Sperm Whale designated by Stubb; comprising the tapering extremity of the body.

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• cutsTapering Extremity of Sperm Whale Body

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  Daggoo is ordered by Stubb to cut a steak from the specified part of the whale.

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  overboard you go, and cut me one from his small!

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• appearance affected byCorpusants

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  Daggoo's gigantic stature was dramatically highlighted by the ghostly light of the corpusants, making him loom up to thrice his real size.

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  Relieved against the ghostly light, the gigantic jet negro, Daggoo, loomed up to thrice his real stature

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