two-master
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of two-master
1895–1900; two mast(s) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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She was a two-master, and, when I saw her first, as dirty and disreputable as are most coasting-vessels.
From The After House by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Narrow of beam, a135 two-master with a steel hull that stood well out of the water forward, she rode the water with the repose and high glee of the bird she was named after.
From Curlie Carson Listens In by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)
He had often declared that the "Argus" should never run from any two-master; and now, that the gage of battle was offered, he promptly accepted.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.
“The lookout would come in to the station and say, ‘There’s a two-master going to pieces on the bar.’
From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Barbour, Ralph Henry
The Montgomery was cruising about fifty miles off Havana when the Frasquito, a two-master, came bowling along toward the Cuban capital.
From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James
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