daggers

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Settlers came to make their fortunes, building wooden pearl luggers so crews could scour the sea floor.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2012

Crews came from across South-East Asia and by 1914, Broome had more than 300 luggers and a diverse population of several thousand.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2012

For 50 miles up and down the river, dozens of shrimp trawlers, oyster luggers, and sportsfishing yachts are jammed into corners of communities or left high and dry on the marsh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Long-range luggers make 20 knots a reality for the Marlow 57E Skylounge.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are then seen from Margate, and two fine luggers have a race to see which can get first to the vessel.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick