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sharpie.
1. A type of oyster dredge which originated among the oystermen of New Haven, Connecticut, USA, about 1830. Having a flat bottom with single chines and a large wooden centreboard, sharpies were built in sizes from 9 to 18 metres (30–60 ft) in length as oyster dredgers in Chesapeake Bay. They were developed later as flat-bottomed cruising yachts and were, traditionally, Bermudan-rigged ketches with no headsails.

2. During the 1930s the name was adopted to describe a class of small, hard-chine racing boat with a Bermudan sloop rig.

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sharpie •crappie, crappy, flappy, gappy, happi, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, scrappy, slap-happy, snappy, strappy, tapis, yappy, zappy •campy, scampi, vampy •harpy, okapi, serape, sharpie •raspy •Giuseppe, peppy, preppy •kelpie •kempy, tempi •Gillespie •crêpey, kepi, scrapie •creepy, sleepy, tepee, weepy •chippy, clippie, dippy, drippy, grippy, hippy, Lippi, lippy, Mississippi, nippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, Xanthippe, zippy •chickpea •crimpy, gimpy, skimpy, wimpy •crispy, wispy •turnipy • recipe • praecipe • gossipy •pipy, stripy •choppy, copy, floppy, jalopy, moppy, poppy, sloppy, soppy, stroppy •Pompey, swampy •waspie, waspy •photocopy • cowpea •dopey, Hopi, Opie, ropy, soapy, topi

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