yachty
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Turner’s yachty charisma transformed sleepy Newport, R.I., into Studio 54.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
But wander a block or two up from the boutiques, yachty bars and sweet shops, and you’ll find quiet back streets that make for a pleasant predinner walk.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2011
The blue, white and cream colors of this seven-story megamansion suggest beachside elegance -- a jaunty, yachty summer idled away with the Rockefellers or Von Bulows.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now what do you say to presenting him with a nice, comfortable steam yacht, all equipped for cruising, with a captain and——" "Flag it!" says I. "Twombley-Crane ain't a yachty person, at all.
From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Sewell Ford
Found the whole party waitin' for us at the club-house: Vee and Marjorie and Miss Hampton, all lookin' more or less yachty.
From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln
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