Paddlewheeler

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A boat propelled by paddlewheel.

    "People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist."

Example

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"People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist."

Etymology

From paddlewheel + -er.

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