Definition of "schooner" []

• A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts. (noun)
• A large beer glass, generally holding a pint or more. (noun)
• A prairie schooner. (noun)

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• "Well, "-- she shrugged her shoulders --" the schooner is at the bottom of the sea."
• "With the aid of a single soldier, by patching together all the three, after eighteen days, he constructed a boat, forty feet in length, and six in breadth, which he termed the schooner Joliba."
• "The captain of a bay schooner is supposed to work with his hands just as well as the men."