paddlewheeler
nounEtymology From paddlewheel + -er.
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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.1987, Bob Whittier, Paddle wheel steamers and their giant engines, page 39:
- A long drawn-out whistle from a paddlewheeler filled the air.1995, Cassie Edwards, Savage Pride, page 23:
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- In the foreground is the deck of the paddlewheeler she is racing.1999, Graham Wilson, Paddlewheelers of Alaska and the Yukon, page 57: