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Definition of Spanker

1. Noun. A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand. "My father was the designated spanker in our family"

2. Noun. A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel.

Definition of Spanker

1. n. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.

2. n. A small coin.

Definition of Spanker

1. Noun. Someone who spanks. ¹

2. Noun. A tool used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle. ¹

3. Noun. (nautical) A fore and aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel. ¹

4. Noun. (dated music) A musician who plays his instrument well. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spanker

1. one that spanks [n -S] - See also: spanks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanker

spanikopita spaning spaniolitmin spanish spanish needles spanished spanishing spank you spank you very much spankable

spanked spankee spankees spanker (current term) spankers spankies spanking spankings spankos spanks

spanky spanky pants spanless spanned spannel spannelling spannels

Literary usage of Spanker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"MEDDLE. The plaintiff himself — I must commence the action. Mr. spanker ... Lady Gay spanker is about to dishonour the bond of wedlock by eloping from you. ..."

2. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
""Virtue is sure to find its own reward." But I've no time to contemplate what I shall be — something huge. Let me see — spanker versus Courtly — Crim. Con. ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The square-sails are made fast by their heads | to yards, the foot being drawn to the extremity of the yard below, Fore-and-aft sails are the spanker or ..."

4. Seamanship by George Strong Nares, United States Coast Guard Academy (1865)
"Single, two on each side of the spanker—the centre of each pair is seized to the after leech ot the sail, the ends are rove up, one on each side of the sail ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"Fore-and-aft sails are the spanker or driver, extended by the gaff at its head, boom at its foot, and mast on its fore-leech ; the staysails, ..."

6. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"spanker-boom. The boom on which the spanker or driver is extended. ... spanker peak-halliards. Ropes or tackle by which the outer end of the spanker-gaff is ..."

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