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Cruiser   /krˈuzər/   Listen
Cruiser

noun
1.
A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters.  Synonyms: patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car.
2.
A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer.
3.
A large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board.  Synonyms: cabin cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft.



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"Cruiser" Quotes from Famous Books



... over this court in regard to the seamen of the United States cruiser Baltimore, who have been tried on account of the deplorable conduct ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison
... The cut isn't coming anywhere near my estimate. It must be five to ten thousand feet per acre less than I thought it would run. I guess the Big Chief at Harrisburg will think I'm a pretty poor timber cruiser." ...
— The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol - The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol • Lewis E. Theiss
... present I am. Look yonder! My servants are afraid we shall be drowned, and have converted the boat into a cruiser. Do you remark how curiously it dances upon the crests of the waves? But, as it makes me feel sea-sick, would you permit me to turn my ...
— Ten Years Later - Chapters 1-104 • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... on board. They then set off for Portsmouth in the seamen's clothes, having had quite enough of yachting for that season, Mr Ossulton declaring that he only wanted to get his luggage, and then he would take care how he put himself again in the way of the shot of a revenue cruiser, or of sleeping ...
— Peter Simple and The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 • Frederick Marryat
... more of the coquette in this step of the young lady, than a gentleman can overlook," returned the Patroon a little dryly, and with far more point than he was accustomed to use. "If the commander of Her Majesty's cruiser be not a happy man, he will not have occasion to ...
— The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas • James Fenimore Cooper


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