yawl
Example Sentences
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The sailors took their 40-foot yawl J. Henry through the Panama Canal, turned south and prepared for a long Pacific crossing to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.
From Washington Times
In response to another negative comment, she wrote: “It’s tight on these kids right now. Let’s have a laugh and some compassion yawl !”
From Fox News
“Where yawl been? Around the world and back?”
From Literature
“Free college? Free medical care? How yawl going to pay for that? He’s a pie in the sky guy,” he said.
From The Guardian
Not only is Cheerio II, an 88-year-old wooden yawl, the oldest boat in the race, its skipper has been around the water even longer than it has.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.