bargeman
noun
one of the crew of a barge.
bargemen
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pluralof bargeman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In October 1795 Mary Wollstonecraft jumped off Putney Bridge into the Thames; the bargemen who pulled her out saved her for a more humiliating fate.
From Time Magazine Archive
No sooner did the embattled bargemen drop their mudhooks at Conflans than he struck.
From Time Magazine Archive
John and Donna Coffield invited several of the stranded bargemen into their home for Christmas and New Year's.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eighteen years ago when King George V went down the Thames he rode in a gaudy gilded rowboat pulled by the blue-capped royal bargemen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Crossing the Seine I saw a string of barges being towed empty down the current, riding high, the bargemen at the sweeps as they came toward the bridge.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
