Sterling Hayden

I was navigator on the Gloucester schooner 'Gertrude L. Thebaud' in the International Fisherman's race. That's a big thing in New England - the race, I mean. A Boston newspaper man covered it, and saw me on board. For a long time I wished he hadn't! He wrote a piece saying I ought to be in motion pictures.

I brag like hell when I'm confident of what I'm doing. Back when I was sailing ships for a living, I would take a schooner up to San Francisco - I had my master's certificate at 22 - and I would tell myself, 'There isn't a man in the world can do this better 'n I can.' And I meant it.

David F. Houston

One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.

American Politician

I never liked the movie life. I was in it to raise enough money to buy my schooner.

Used specifically when talking about ships and sailing to describe a particular ship design.

Maritime Term

Schooners are often associated with historical or nautical contexts, not modern-day boating.

Historical Sailing

Recognize a schooner by its distinctive sail arrangement, with the taller mast at the back.

Visual Distinction

The term for a beer glass applies mainly in Australia and Canada, not globally.

Regional Usage

Talking about a 'schooner of beer' is informal and usually occurs in social, relaxed environments.

Casual Settings

A schooner is not the same size everywhere; know the local measure when ordering.

Not Always A Pint

 Cows graze one day. They move, OK? They graze everything down, intensive grazing. He waits three days, and then we towed in something called the Eggmobile. The Eggmobile is a very rickety contraption -- it looks like a prairie schooner made out of boards --

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 while the unfortunate crew never made it to shore. Far stranger is the tale of "A. Ernest Mills," a schooner transporting salt, whose crew watched it sink to the sea floor following a collision.

Schooner

Maritime Term

Historical Sailing

Visual Distinction

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