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pink stern

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. a sharp stern having a narrow, overhanging, raking transom.


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Etymology

Origin of pink stern

First recorded in 1885–60

Example Sentences

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From the Jersey prison ship eighty of us were taken to the pink stern sloop-of-war Hunter, Captain Thomas Henderson, Commander.

From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Dandridge, Danske

She was a new, pink stern vessel, & carried off one of our hands, who, no doubt, will acquaint you of the whole affair.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 by Various

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