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/kɑːˈiːk/ · noun
(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling..
Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.
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Caique means (nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling..
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Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.
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