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clipper

[klip-er] / ˈklɪp ər /
NOUN
vessel
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Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ultimately kill him.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 8, 2025

It took weeks to get a nail clipper, said one man, for their unit of dozens of men.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2025

At a time when cruise lines are packing their ever-more-gargantuan ships with water parks and basketball courts, the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit, with its old-fashioned clipper design and wooden decks, stands out.

From New York Times Jun. 3, 2024

Then use a hand pruner for small jobs or a string trimmer or hedge clipper for larger plantings.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2024

She led him down into the hold of the clipper, to where the hydraulic systems of the ship lay exposed.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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