Yacht

Definitions

1. A type of dice game, similar to the Latin American game Generala.
2. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
3. Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.

Equivalents

Examples

“Would you like⟳ to go sailing on my uncle’s yacht?”

“You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?”

“The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest⟳ in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take⟳ charge of the yacht after the offer⟳ of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay⟳ of an ensign in the navy.”

““I don’t mean⟳ all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…], the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts,[…], the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"”

“The megayacht concept is equipped with its own⟳ port with enough space for a second yacht measuring up to 30 meters, as well as three swimming pools. […] The market is projected to reach⟳ a value of $10.2 billion by 2025 as an increasing amount of yachts measuring longer than 24 meters are ordered, and designers are going all out to ensure their concepts are bigger and better than the competition.”

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