1) BDSM participant, at times 2) Hitter 3) Parent of a naughty child 4) Sail on a schooner 5) Schooner sail 6) Slapper 7) Striker
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1) Beater 2) Punisher 3) Slapper
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- a hitter who slaps with an open hand
- a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
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A fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff. The aftermost sail of a ship sometimes called the driver.
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A fore-and-aft or gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel and the main fore-and-aft sail (spanker sail) on the aft-most mast of a (partially) fore-and-aft rigged vessel such as a schooner, a barquentine, and a barque.
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A fore-and-aft or gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel and the main fore-and-aft sail (spanker sail) on the aft-most mast of a (partially) fore-and-aft rigged vessel such as a schooner, a barquentine, and a barque.
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[horse] Spanker (foaled 1678), sometimes called Old Spanker or the Pelham Arabian, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who sired many important horses in the history of the breed. He was said to be the best horse in Newmarket, the home of British racing, during the reign of Charles II. ==History== Spanker was a bay horse. His sire and dam ...
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[sail] A spanker is either of two kinds of sail. On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast. Almost all square rigs with more than one mast have one or two spankers, which evolved from the driver sail. Some also carry a topsail above the uppermost or only spanker, called the ...
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sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship
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sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship
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the sail on the mast closest to the stern of a square-rigged ship
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• (n.) Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person. • (n.) One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking. • (n.) A small coin. • (n.) One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse. • (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail att...
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Spank'er noun 1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking. 2. (Nautical) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver . See Illust. under Sail . Totten.
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HMS Spanker was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Spanker was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and...
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Spanker was old 17th century slang for a gold coin.
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A fore and aft, gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
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n] - a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
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noun a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
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