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Word: moonraker (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • nautical A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.
  • rfv-sense A woolgatherer.
  • Someone from Wiltshire. (After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a pool, tried to rake it out.)

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