lugger
a small ship lug-rigged on two or three masts.
Origin of lugger
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How to use lugger in a sentence
Hour after hour passed, and still the lugger went tearing through the dark waters.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonThe lugger tore through the water with a mass of foam at her bows, which came flying in sheets over the deck.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonThe men cheered, and rowed lustily, and soon the boat was within ten yards of the lugger, coming up to board at the side.
The Cornet of Horse | G. A. HentyHe bent back to gain impetus, and then hurled the barrel into the boat as she came within a yard of the side of the lugger.
The Cornet of Horse | G. A. HentyThe bullets were now whistling past the lugger, sometimes striking her sails, sometimes with a sharp tap hitting her hull or mast.
The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for lugger
/ (ˈlʌɡə) /
nautical a small working boat rigged with a lugsail
Origin of lugger
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