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1
: a typically 2-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with a foremast and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships
2
: a larger-than-usual drinking glass (as for beer)
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Yet there’s a happy ending for this sonic schooner: Following the conversation, Fagen’s manager granted Yacht Rock the use of six Steely Dan songs.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Its story began in 1965, when a Texas oil executive named Johnno Jackson and his wife, Helen, were sailing the South Pacific on their schooner, the New Moon.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Yet there’s a happy ending for this sonic schooner: Following the conversation, Fagen’s manager granted Yacht Rock the use of six Steely Dan songs.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Its story began in 1965, when a Texas oil executive named Johnno Jackson and his wife, Helen, were sailing the South Pacific on their schooner, the New Moon.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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schooner
noun
schoo·ner
ˈskü-nər 
1
: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig and two or more masts
2
: a large tall glass (as for beer)
3
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