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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spanker \Spank"er\, n.
A small coin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spanker \Spank"er\, n.
1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for
spanking.
2. (Naut.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a
fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; --
sometimes called {driver}. See Illust. under {Sail}.
--Totten.
3. One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also a fast
horse. [Colloq.]
4. Something very large or larger than common; a whopper, as
a stout or tall person. [Colloq.]
{Spanker boom} (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is
attached. See Illust. of {Ship}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spanker
n : set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of
a vessel
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