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Spanker
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.
2. 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.
3. One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse. [Colloq.]
4. Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person. [Colloq.] Spanker boom (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is attached. See Illust. of Ship.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A small coin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]