sharp·ie /ˈʃɑrpi/
帆船的一種
Sharp·ie n. Naut. A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated. [Local, U.S.]
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sharpie
n 1: an alert and energetic person [syn: eager beaver, busy
bee, live wire, sharpy]
2: a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
[syn: swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer,
grifter, sharper, sharpy]
3: a long narrow shallow-draft boat with a flat bottom and a
triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic
coast of the United States