schooner
(Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
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Born ~1715 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Love this video by David Lester about our new book, *The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel*, forthcoming from @beaconpress.bsky.social next month.
Group of Women Imitating the Gestures of a Schooner https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20769
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(Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
Unfortunately, anyone looking for a schooner today has limited choices. In the used boat market there are always some wooden hulls available, and occasionally ones of steel or aluminum, but fiberglass-hulled schooners are harder to come by.
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(UK) A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.
In addition to the square-rigged sailing ships, the schooners were the second largest group of large sailing vessels.
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(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
Designed by Frank Payne's renowned Boston design office, and built in 1928 of longleaf yellow pine, this 82-footer has been a racing schooner — a staysail schooner — since the heyday of Class-A ocean racing in schooners during the late 1…
"schooner" means: A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"schooner" means: A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Love this video by David Lester about our new book, *The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel*, forthcoming from @beaconpress.bsky.social next month.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Group of Women Imitating the Gestures of a Schooner https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20769”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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