fishing smack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishing smack
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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The Nazis almost caught him, but he escaped to Sweden in a fishing smack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like a blunt-nosed swordfish the torpedo punctured the sail boat's hull, churned and frothed with the expiring might of its compressed air, was carried to the bottom as the relatively worthless fishing smack sank.
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
He, with the assistance of his mate, rowed a lifeboat for some miles, put the people on a fishing smack, and returned again for other survivors, rescuing in all nearly a hundred.
From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez
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