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schooner

skooh ner

  • n  a large beer glass
  • n  sailing vessel used in former times

  • It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; .
  • The afternoon after Kennedy died, John Kerry, recalled, "I looked out at a perfect Nantucket Sound and thought to myself with certainty: he's on a schooner now.
  • To be precise, it was a picture of a ship, a sculptural relief of a jaunty schooner, its bow thrust upward by a swell, carved some 1,200 years ago at Borobudur, the magnificent .
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  • Jeff Flake in BigNews.biz (press release)
    We need earmark reform schooner rather than later,said Flake.
  • Jack Johnson in Washington Informer
    We feel privileged and indeed honored to host and be the first mid-Atlantic Freedom Schooner Amistad stop during the vessel's tour,said Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson. "It is my sincere hope that the community will take...
  • Barry Miles in Tasley Eastern Shore News
    A Federal ship intended to destroy a schooner thought to be outfitted as a privateer,Barry Miles said. "The Federals reported that they encountered 'terrible fire' from about 300 Shore troops. The Federals claimed eight rebels were wounded...

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