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1697 No. 3295/3 An open Pinnace..came into the Downes,..put on Board a Mackrel Smack, and carried away the Master.
1840 R. H. Dana xxiii. 236 Captain Faucon standing at the tiller himself, and steering her as he would a mackerel smack.