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Spanker

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Noun

1. slapper, spanker

a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand

Example Sentences:
'someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see who the slapper was'
'my father was the designated spanker in our family'

2. spanker

a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spanker

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noun
1. nautical
a fore-and-aft sail or a mast that is aftermost in a sailing vessel
2. informal
a person or animal that moves at a quick smart pace
3. informal
something outstandingly fine or large

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Spanker

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that spanks
2.  Informal
an exceptionally fine, large, etc. person or thing
3.  Nautical
a. 
a fore-and-aft sail, usually hoisted on a gaff, on the after mast of a square-rigged vessel
b.  US
the after mast and its sail on a schooner-rigged vessel of more than three masts

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spanker

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n.
Nautical
A usually gaff-headed sail set from the aftermost lower mast of a sailing ship.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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