Cutty Sark
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Cutty Sark
named after the witch in Robert Burns' poem Tam O'Shanter, who wore only a cutty sark (short shirt)
Example Sentences
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The Box, in Plymouth, was named the 2026 Art Fund Museum of the Year at a ceremony on the Cutty Sark at Royal Museums Greenwich, London, where it also received the £120,000 prize fund.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
He hung out with Johnny Carson, dated Natalie Wood and knocked back Cutty Sark at 2 a.m. with Bette Davis.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2016
The Slate report has been questioned; the other two stories were as copper-bottomed as the hull of the Cutty Sark.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 2, 2016
So Britain won three golds, Germany two and the 30-year-old Swiss rider Steve Guerdat took the individual showjumping gold when Skelton's Big Star had the Cutty Sark fence down when trying to force a jump-off.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2012
"Well," he replied, "there was the Cutty Sark."
From London River by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
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