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schooner
[ skoo-ner ]
noun
- Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. ketch, topsail schooner, yawl 1( def 2 ).
- a very tall glass, as for beer.
schooner
/ ˈskuːnə /
noun
- a sailing vessel with at least two masts, with all lower sails rigged fore-and-aft, and with the main mast stepped aft
- a large glass for sherry
- a large glass for beer
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Origin of schooner1
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Example Sentences
On the way they passed by the Schooner Tavern, where they encountered Dean Schmitz and Molly Flaherty.
I know of one, built on piles on a sand-bank, that was run into by a schooner and carried bodily away.
In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.
On the other hand, you can prepare to dispose of the serial rights of the Schooner Farallone: a most grim and gloomy tale.
If we could only have Macgregor here with his schooner, you would hear of no more troubles in Samoa.
A powder magazine was set afloat, but it struck the schooner, which lay at anchor near the frigate.
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