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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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.
She was a two-master of 30 tons burden.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
“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
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
Then, suddenly, the ebb sweeps off from the intruder, and leaves his two-master keeled over, with useless anchor and cable exposed, "to point a moral and adorn a tale."
From Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses by Cozzens, Frederic S.
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