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a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail

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  1. n. a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail
  2. A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
  3. A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundredsquare feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having ashort bowsprit.
  4. n. a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail