York boat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of York boat
First recorded in 1860–65; after York, Manitoba, Canada, where it was originally built as a canoe by the Hudson's Bay Company
Example Sentences
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Albany to New York boat race, No. 1 event of the year for outboards; at 41.7 m.p.h.; in a Jacoby Flyaway Special.
From Time Magazine Archive
There's not another tribe in the district with a York boat.
From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Ernest G. Henham
They found the other York boat lying there.
From The Huntress by Hulbert Footner
The afternoon hours dragged slowly along, but at last the evening mess was over, and they quickly gathered their dunnage, starting for the New York boat with light and happy hearts.
From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin
By and by a breed came in with the news that a York boat was visible, approaching Grier's Point.
From The Huntress by Hulbert Footner
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