fishing smack
noun
any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
Origin of fishing smack
1First recorded in 1775–85
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How to use fishing smack in a sentence
The little bullet-headed Jim was drafted off to the workhouse school, and from thence to a small fishing-smack.
The Chequers | James RuncimanHe owned a little fishing-smack, in which he went short trips down the coast.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithSometimes a yacht would pass us, sometimes a fishing-smack; but it was a lonely journey.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungFor how could three industrious conspirators in a fishing smack off the Lizard do him any further damage?
The Dark Star | Robert W. ChambersThe clothes hung about Don Pedro like the sails of a ship about the slender poles of a fishing–smack.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. Rand
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