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European waterways also foam with detergent suds, and German bargemen on the Neckar have complained that 3-ft. fleeces of the stuff are a menace to navigation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hitherto seen chiefly by bargemen on the Seine, the replica of Liberty, standing where it has stood since 1889, now is an unexpected feature of a visit to the Exposition's Colonial Section.

From Time Magazine Archive

Antique dealers, garage proprietors, members of the nobility and bargemen were among those arrested.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three or four days out, according to river bargemen, the cook complained to the captain that the Commodore ate too much.

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