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: a typically 2-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with a foremast and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships
2
: a larger-than-usual drinking glass (as for beer)
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Wooden schooners, or lumber hookers, would crowd the piers as items were loaded.
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Back on the schooner, caipirinhas appeared on deck, and a man boarded to sell cashews baked in a sublime concoction of coconut, honey, and lime.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
In 1860, the schooner Clotilda became the last known ship to carry enslaved people from the west coast of Africa to the United States.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Instead, the hull of the schooner named Visions sits landlocked amid a cluster of canyon oak trees, covered in dust, dry leaves and dead branches.
—Jeff Collins, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Back on the schooner, caipirinhas appeared on deck, and a man boarded to sell cashews baked in a sublime concoction of coconut, honey, and lime.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
In 1860, the schooner Clotilda became the last known ship to carry enslaved people from the west coast of Africa to the United States.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Instead, the hull of the schooner named Visions sits landlocked amid a cluster of canyon oak trees, covered in dust, dry leaves and dead branches.
—Jeff Collins, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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schooner
noun
schoo·ner
ˈskü-nər 
1
: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig and two or more masts
2
: a large tall glass (as for beer)
3
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