tea-clipper

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Two other clipper models which have⟳ attracted wide attention at the Motor Boat Show⟳ are those of the Sea Witch, one of the early American record⟳ breakers, and the famous Cutty Sark, one of the fastest of the British tea-clippers.”

“The ship was built for speed⟳ in 1869, to get⟳ the lucrative first harvest⟳ of tea back to market ahead of the competition, and is now the last⟳ surviving tea-clipper in the world.”

“The 1869 tea-clipper was already under renovation in her dry dock in Greenwich when she was almost destroyed in a huge fire in May last⟳ year.”

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