Cutty-sark (witch) about scantily-clad females. The popularity of this poem was such that the phrase "Well done, Cutty-sark!" entered the English language via Scots as an exclamation similar to "Bravo!" Literary allusions to the original Cutty-sark abound. In "Ulysses", James Joyce writes: "Laughing witches in red cutty sarks ride through the air on broom sticks" (p. 695). Cutty-sark (witch) "Cutty sark" is 18th-century Scots for "short chemise" or "short undergarment". Hyphenated, Cutty-sark was a nickname given to the witch Nannie Dee, a fictional character created by Robert Burns in his "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. The figurehead of the
Blackadder (clipper) the new ships based upon "The Tweed". Although similar below the water and of very similar size, the two ships looked somewhat different from "Cutty Sark". Maudsley and Co. were contracted to construct the ship, although they were an engineering company relatively inexperienced with whole ship design. This was not dissimilar to Willis' choice in builders for "Cutty Sark" which was also a new and inexperienced company, which in that instance became bankrupt before "Cutty Sark" was completed. The contract was signed in June 1869 and the ship launched March 1870, to the highest Lloyds standards and using the best