spanker

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SPANK'ER, noun 1. A small coin. 2. In seamen's language, a ship driver; a large sail occasionally set upon the mizenyard or gaff, the foot being extended by a boom. 3. One that takes long strides in walking; also a stout person.
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