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skiff

[skif] / skɪf /
NOUN
boat
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When they finally located the skiff, they flashed a light on the passengers to make sure they weren’t armed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

People on the smaller vessel, a simple fishing skiff, held up cellphones like emergency flares in the night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The first sailing medals of the Games will be awarded in the skiff class.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

They also had recovered their skiff, which sustained damage that rendered it non-functional, and said they needed help getting back to Polowat.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

Check out my skiff, see there’s a place on the bow needs fixing, from crunching into the Whaler, but I ain’t in the mood.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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