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spank⋅er

  [spang-ker]
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–noun
1. Nautical.
a. a fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel having three or more masts.
b. a designation given to the mast abaft a mizzenmast, usually the aftermost mast in any vessel.
2. Informal. a smartly moving person or animal, esp. a fast horse.
3. Chiefly New England. something remarkably fine.
–adjective Nautical.
4. of or pertaining to a spanker mast or its rigging.
Origin:
1745–55; akin to spanking
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n.   Nautical
A usually gaff-headed sail set from the aftermost lower mast of a sailing ship.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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