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RACEABOUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raceabout mean?
• RACEABOUT (noun)
The noun RACEABOUT has 1 sense:
1. a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail
Familiarity information: RACEABOUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("raceabout" is a kind of...):
sloop (a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow)
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