Definitions of knockabout
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full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
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suitable for rough use“a knockabout overcoat”“a knockabout old car”
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Synonyms:
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rugged
sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
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rugged
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a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
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type of:
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sloop
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
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sloop
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