clipper

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Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ultimately kill him.

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

Everyone on death row used the same nail clipper that a guard would hand them when they went to the shower, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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

She had a clipper bow, and on her foredeck was mounted a three-inch cannon.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White