(n): a general officer of the highest rank
(n): English theologian (1554-1600)
(n): someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
(n): a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
(n): a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
(n): a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
(n): someone who plays the game of golf
(n): (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
(n): a person trained to compete in sports
Thanks, John! Another for my Out to Sea list. :-) Good article too.
"At the stony pier we watch the bobbing of moored Galway hookers, traditional wooden sailing boats with single masts and glorious billowing sails. Once used to import turf from rocky Connemara, the hookers are now the star attraction of a mid-August festival called Cruinniu na mBad, or Gathering of the Boats."
The New York Times, Does the ‘Real’ Ireland Still Exist?, by Dan Barry, May 18, 2008