As they ran out of the harbor Frank noticed a man at work in a lap-streak sailboat. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Cruise] Reference
As Frank had surmised, it was the lap-streak sailboat belonging to the cock-eyed man. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Cruise] Reference
There was no sound but the whisper of passing waves against our lap-streak, and the low, murmuring conversation of the men. From Wordnik.com. [Drift from Two Shores] Reference
A clinker-built boat is put together in the same way, but one plank laps over another; and we generally call this kind of boat a lap-streak. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton] Reference
"Look here, Merry," said Bruce, "isn't that the lap-streak in which we saw our friend, the cock-eyed man, as we were leaving Green's Landing?". From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Cruise] Reference
The boys had not returned to the yacht till they were certain the hunchback and the cock-eyed man had left the island, for the lap-streak boat was seen bound up the bay under full sail. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Cruise] Reference
"She's the best lap-streak boat anywhere along the Cape. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
"Way she sets out of water I'd call her a lap-streak dingy. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Roscoe Paine] Reference
"I don't know, but I'll wager something that that is the lap-streak sailboat belonging to our friend, the cock-eyed man. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Cruise] Reference
She could see the familiar white lap-streak as the vessel careened on the starboard tack -- it was her husband's schooner slowly creeping out of the Golden Gate!. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Dows] Reference
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