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stern-wheeler

British  

noun

  1. a vessel, esp a riverboat, propelled by a large paddle wheel at the stern Compare sidewheeler

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Their families bore stern-wheeler connections that buoyed their 67-year friendship.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

At the end of summer, Sturgeon’s supporters boarded a stern-wheeler for a trip down the Chena River for one last fundraiser.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

Chinese villagers free a merchant marine captain from the communists to take them to Hong Kong in a stern-wheeler.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2019

From there, they met another steamer, which ferried them across the 40-mile-wide lake to a stern-wheeler destined for the Caribbean.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2010

Here he changed boats, and boarded a smaller vessel, a stern-wheeler, deck passage for Saint Paul, a point which seemed to the young man somewhere near the North Pole.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert

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