fishing smack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishing smack
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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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
Mr. Curtis described and gave the approximate position of the fishing smack on which he had supposedly interviewed the child's captors.
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
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
Ten days had passed since the half-drowned sailors had been picked up by the English fishing smack, and still no message from Kent.
From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Nell Speed
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