fishing smack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishing smack
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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They skied some 100 miles from Oslo, over the mountains to the sea, got aboard a fishing smack and later a tramp steamer, which took them to England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her name was Emilie Cordier, and she became pregnant just before the fishing smack ran into Giuseppe Garibaldi, then busy invading Sicily with his famed "Thousand."
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
He wants my opinion of a fishing smack he's thinking of buying.
From Princess Polly At Play by Brooks, Amy
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