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fishing smack

American

noun

any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.

Etymology

Origin of fishing smack

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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Mr. Curtis described and gave the approximate position of the fishing smack on which he had supposedly interviewed the child's captors.

From Time Magazine Archive

He started off toward the Orient in a fishing smack, taking with him a 19-year-old "admiral" decked out in a musical comedy sailor suit.

From Time Magazine Archive

A 24-year-old Dalmatian sailor commanded the Partisans' only warship, the fishing smack Pioneer, whose eight men were armed with four rifles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early one morning last week a fishing smack trailed by a rowboat �routine indications of a channel swimmer�appeared in St. Margaret's Bay, England.

From Time Magazine Archive

This last was a downright lie, for I had never so much as stepped into a fishing smack.

From Athelstane Ford by Upward, Allen

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