Spanker

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A small coin.

II. Spanker ·noun One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.

III. Spanker ·noun One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse.

IV. Spanker ·noun Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person.

V. Spanker ·noun The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff;

— sometimes called driver. ·see ·Illust. under Sail.

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