Baltimore clipper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Baltimore clipper
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The Loane Bros. started in 1815 as a maker of canvas sails on Baltimore's Bowley's Wharf for the famous Baltimore clipper ships in 1815.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 9, 2010
The Solway took 'em out of a Baltimore clipper and another rebel boat.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.
Betsy was a craft, she was; a square-bilt, trim, well-ballasted craft, fore and aft; none of your sky-scraping, taut, Baltimore clipper, fair-weather, no-tonnage jigamarees!
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
Still the brig, built after the Baltimore clipper model, so famed for fleetness, continued to gain rapidly upon the ship.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne
At what particular time this model was introduced, it may be difficult to ascertain; but as early as the period to which I refer, the term "Baltimore clipper" was a familiar term.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
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