earthship n.
a spacecraft from or belonging to Earth
The OED also has an earlier sense, ‘The earth, regarded figuratively as a ship travelling through the heavens, space, etc.’, with an unclear example from 1806 and then quotations from 1874 onwards.
Vehicles
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1933 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 27 Mar. 14/5
Martian spaceguard…calling guardship, 27, sub-cosmic-directional radio-finder shows earth ship approaching your position at unbelievable speed!
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1960 Jrnl. Water Pollution Control Federation Apr. 339/1
The Martians would probably not be very impressed if the first Earthship arrives in a cloud of refuse.
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1992
Mattie says when the earthship leaves they will have better places, away from Eastcountry.
Mutagenesis 337
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1994 Interzone Oct. 40/3
Zoom in again to show the Earthship actually docking, locking on and equalizing pressures.
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1996
David Brin
Until the Earthship Vesarius fell through an undetected hyperanomaly, ending humanity’s long isolation.
Infinity's Shore (1997) 433
Research requirements
antedating 1933
Earliest cite
Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald
Research History
Added to the OED in December 2010
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