Vocabulary Word
Word: clipper
Definition: sailing vessel built for great speed
Definition: sailing vessel built for great speed
Sentences Containing 'clipper'
At all events,' walking me briskly on, 'I have bought a boat that was for sale--a clipper, Mr. Peggotty says; and so she is--and Mr. Peggotty will be master of her in my absence.'
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