Clipper
A fast-sailing ship.
“We shall have to catch the Aurora, and she has a name for
being a clipper.” —A. C. Doyle: The Sign of Four, chap. x.
She's a clipper. Said of a stylish or beautiful woman. A first-class
craft.
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