square-rigger
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The summer he turned 16, he was one of the Sea Scouts aboard the Pacific Queen, a 300-foot square-rigger, for what was supposed to be a 15-day cruise.
From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2020
Riches from China: A silver teapot by Pao-YingThe Bruce Museum exhibit includes a painting of The Beaver, a square-rigger at anchor, by an unknown Cantonese artist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now 75 and living in well-fed Australian retirement, Sir James Gordon Partridge Bisset sits in the lee of the longboat and spins a salty yarn of life in an oldtime square-rigger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bannon becomes suspicious of a Danish square-rigger, Den Magre Kvind.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for the other thing, it's something like this: By the sound it was a small craft—no square-rigger.
From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack
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