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单词 spanker
释义

spanker

noun

span·​ker ˈspaŋ-kər How to pronounce spanker (audio)
1
: the fore-and-aft sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship
2
: the sail on the mast nearest the stern of a schooner of four or more masts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web If this season’s crop of romances is anything to go by, there’s no general rush to the whip: E. L. James and a few other spankers may have both stirred up a vast market and satisfied it. Robert Gottlieb, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017 The women at the observatory used fly spankers, which sound like something from 50 Shades of Grey. National Geographic, 25 Dec. 2016

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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