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moonraker

[ moon-rey-ker ]

noun

  1. Also called moonsail [moon, -s, uh, l, -seyl]. Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.
  2. a simpleton.


moonraker

/ ˈmuːnˌreɪkə /

noun

  1. nautical a small square sail set above a skysail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of moonraker1

First recorded in 1780–90; moon + raker 1
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Example Sentences

A Moonraker is also the nickname for a native of Wiltshire, and a very silly story is told there as its origin.

I expect Mr. Heeler's waiting for you in "Moonraker's," father.

So that, if you stay more than an hour in the Moonraker's Inn, you'll be late for it.

Let's go to the "Moonraker's" and forget there's such a thing as women in the world.

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