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Spanker

noun
1.
A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand.  Synonym: slapper.  "My father was the designated spanker in our family"
2.
A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel.





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"Spanker" Quotes from Famous Books



... till Cookie was 'elping 'aul (Mr. Brown always dropped his aspirates as he grew excited) me into the boat. Now, just you remember what I've been a-telling you about floating."—"Forrard there! Stand by to clew up and furl the main to'gall'n-s'l! Couple of you come aft here and brail up the spanker! Lively, men, lively!"—And Mr. Brown was ...
— The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 • Various
... a great error, for, upon the brig righting (she was thrown upon her beam ends, and her spanker boom carried away), he commanded to furl the fore-top sail, strike top-gallant yards, furl the main course, and take a reef in the maintopsail, leaving her to scud under single-reefed maintopsail and fore-sail. This caused the vessel to leak to that degree that I despaired of reaching ...
— For the Term of His Natural Life • Marcus Clarke


Words linked to "Spanker" :   fore-and-aft sail, striker, slapper, spank, hitter


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