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Schooners were initially used as fishing vessels starting around the 16th century. They were used for hundreds of years until being mostly replaced by steam powered engines.

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A schooner was a method of oceanic transport, plying the North Atlantic fishing "grounds" and North American Atlantic seaboard trade routes.

It can also be a large drinking glass.

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