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knockabout
nouns
a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
knockabout
is a type of (narrower)
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
sloop
adjectives
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
"boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
boisterous,
knockabout
suitable for rough use
"a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
knockabout
is similar to
sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
"with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
rugged
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