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moonraker

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnreɪkə/
Definition of moonraker

noun

  • 1 dialect a native of the county of Wiltshire.
    [with reference to the Wiltshire story of men caught raking a pond for kegs of smuggled brandy, who feigned madness to fool the revenue men, by saying they were raking out the moon]
  • 2a small square sail set above a skysail on a sailing ship.
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