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Clipper ship   /klˈɪpər ʃɪp/   Listen
Clipper ship

noun
1.
A fast sailing ship used in former times.  Synonym: clipper.






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"Clipper ship" Quotes from Famous Books



... sail in company. We passed south of Banda, and then steered due west, not seeing land for three days, till we sighted some low islands west of Bouton. We had a strong and steady south-east wind day and night, which carried us on at about five knots an hour, where a clipper ship would have made twelve. The sky was continually cloudy, dark, and threatening, with occasional drizzling showers, till we were west of Bouru, when it cleared up and we enjoyed the bright sunny skies ...
— The Malay Archipelago - Volume II. (of II.) • Alfred Russel Wallace



Words linked to "Clipper ship" :   sailing vessel, sailing ship



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