====== 'Schooner' etymology ======

The origins of the word// 'Schooner'// meaning a tall glass for beer etc is unknown.  The word dates back at least as far as 1879.

The other meaning of //'Schooner'// - a two masted fast sailing boat, is also obscure.

>[...] perhaps from a New England verb related to Scottish //scon// "to send over water, to skip stones."

See : [[https://www.etymonline.com/word/schooner#etymonline_v_22909|Etymonline]]

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