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Meanings of schooner in English

Type of beer glassware.

        Usage of schooner in English
        1
        The schooner you saw is not the pirate; it is the Foam.
        Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
        2
        He steered the schooner right into the narrow channel; the sea was
        Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
        3
        The schooner's crew were already taking on stores, and perhaps new passengers.
        In the King's name
        4
        The effect was immediately apparent in the improved sailing of the schooner.
        A Victorious Union
        5
        Not long after the schooner's guests dove into the water, we followed.
        BBC
        6
        The party from the schooner landed at the bottom of the garden.
        Within the Tides: Tales
        7
        And landing in the schooner's boats would be awkward in the dark.
        Within the Tides: Tales
        8
        But these were not the only alterations made in the mysterious schooner.
        Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
        9
        The canvas reacted very slightly until the schooner was back on course.
        In the King's name
        10
        The boat at once returned to the schooner with the sad intelligence.
        The Three Lieutenants
        11
        The pitching schooner groaned and grunted and squalled in all her fabric.
        Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
        12
        The Georgia schooner gave chase, and soon overtook and captured the ship.
        Stories Of Georgia
        13
        The sea lifted the schooner and sent her farther on the reef.
        Sunshine Bill
        14
        The wave on which they rode swept the quarter-deck of the schooner.
        The Seaboard Parish Volume 3
        15
        All their boats and half their men are away in the schooner.
        One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo
        16
        We had a great deal of work in getting the schooner refitted.
        My First Cruise, and Other stories
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        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Rare