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Bargeman

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the crew of a barge.

    "Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists."

  2. 2
    a man who operates a barge wordnet
  3. 3
    A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
  4. 4
    A large white grub that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus. slang

Etymology

From barge + -man.

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