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Definition of Lateeners
1. lateener [n] - See also: lateener
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateeners
Literary usage of Lateeners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1889)
"We crossed over the narrow strait in one of the big brown-sailed lateeners which
ply between the two islands to ..."
2. Wanderings in Some of the Western Republics of America: With Remarks Upon by George Byam (1850)
"Well,' I said, ' I have seen square-rigs, fore-and- afters, feluccas, lateeners,
luggers, and lots of other craft in many parts of the world, ..."
3. Etchings & Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1905)
"... and there are large white clouds in the lower part of the sky, against which
come the yards of several lateeners. The foreground is entirely water, ..."
4. On the Broads by Anna Bowman Dodd (1896)
"... the round ball of the brilliant sun in the west. The sails we met were drifting
towards one goal. From dykes and streams some yawls and lateeners were ..."
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