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n. - Any small mast on a sailing vessel.

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  • Behind the jiggermast I lighted the fuse of one of my extemporized bombs.
  • And I do know that I saw Mr. Pike take shelter behind the steel jiggermast.
  • Margaret was in high spirits, and her laughter vied with the clang of the jiggermast.
  • The Elsinore drifts idly on an idle sea, and we stand regular watches in the shelter of chart-house and jiggermast.
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