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Moonraker

/ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kə/

Someone from Wiltshire. (After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out.)

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noun
  1. 1

    Someone from Wiltshire. (After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out.)

  2. 2

    A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.

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