Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A. sloop-rigged yacht.
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Examples
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Across the estuary, near where the whalers lay, was lying the sloop-yacht Idler.
Chapter 6 2010
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It was a large sloop-yacht, and it was helpless inasmuch as the trade-wind was blowing half a gale and there were no capable sailors aboard.
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Lying off the shore was a sloop-yacht, and on the beach was a boat; the intention of the men was apparent.
The Dock Rats of New York Harlan Page Halsey
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Across the estuary, near where the whalers lay, was lying the sloop-yacht Idler.
Chapter VI 1913
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It was a large sloop-yacht, and it was helpless, inasmuch as the trade-wind was blowing half a gale and there were no capable sailors aboard.
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It was a large sloop-yacht, and it was helpless inasmuch as the trade-wind was blowing half a gale and there were no capable sailors aboard.
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Pete was just finishing a long reach into the Raccoon Strait, and, at the same time, studiously regarding a plunging sloop-yacht half a mile astern.
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The sloop-yacht had been afraid to venture it, and was skirting back and forth on the inner edge of the bar.
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French Pete was just finishing a long reach into the Raccoon Straits, and at the same time studiously regarding a plunging sloop-yacht half a mile astern.
Chapter XVIII 1902
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The sloop-yacht had been afraid to venture it, and was skirting back and forth on the inner edge of the bar.
Chapter XIX 1902
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