Cutty Sark in British English
noun
a three-masted merchant clipper built in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869, now kept as a museum ship at Greenwich, London; badly damaged by a fire in 2007; restored then reopened in 2012
Word origin
named after the witch in Robert Burns' poem Tam O'Shanter, who wore only a cutty sark (short shirt)Examples of 'Cutty Sark' in a sentenceCutty Sark
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- to be groomed for sth
- to beg sb to do sth
- to beg the question (as to) whether
- to be had
- to be half german/irish etc
- to be handy for doing sth
- to be handy with sth
- to be happening/going on under sb's nose
- to be happy for sb
- to be happy for sb to do sth
- to be happy to do sth
- to be happy with sth
- to be hard luck on sb
- to be hard of hearing
- to be hard on sb
- to be hard to please
- to be harmful to sb/sth
- to be hatched
- to be hauled (up) before the court
- to be/have an influence on sb
- to behave in/out of character
- to behave oneself
- to be heading or headed for disaster
- to be heading or headed for glasgow
- to be headline news