clipper bow

[bou]

clipper bow

[bou]
noun Nautical.
a bow having a concave stem and a hollow entrance.
Also called fiddle bow.


Origin:
1840–50
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Clipper bow is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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