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spanker definition

spanker (spaŋ′kər)

noun

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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