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clipper

[klip-er] / ˈklɪp ər /
NOUN
vessel
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Merchant Marine Academy still teaches cadets the story of Mary Ann Patten taking a clipper ship around Cape Horn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Britney Spears stared at herself in a mirror, grinning as she grabbed an electric clipper.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

It took weeks to get a nail clipper, said one man, for their unit of dozens of men.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

At a time when cruise lines are packing their ever-more-gargantuan ships with water parks and basketball courts, the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit, with its old-fashioned clipper design and wooden decks, stands out.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

“You wish that I was a good beast like the ones on your clipper ships?”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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