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WINDJAMMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does windjammer mean?
• WINDJAMMER (noun)
The noun WINDJAMMER has 1 sense:
1. a large sailing ship
Familiarity information: WINDJAMMER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large sailing ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("windjammer" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Context examples
But I am mate, now, and when I pay off at ’Frisco, maybe with five hundred dollars, I will ship myself on a windjammer round the Horn to Liverpool, which will give me more money; and then I will pay my passage from there home.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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