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Cutty Sark

Pronunciation: /ˌkʌtɪ ˈsɑːk/

Definition of Cutty Sark
  • the only survivor of the British tea clippers, launched in 1869 and now preserved as a museum ship at Greenwich, London.

Origin:

from Robert Burns's Tam o' Shanter, a poem about a Scottish farmer chased by a young witch who wore only her ‘cutty sark’ (= short shift)

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