boatie

British

/ ˈbəʊtɪ /

noun

informal a boating enthusiast

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O weel may the boatie row And better may she speed, And weel may the boatie row That earns the bairnies' bread!

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott

Do you want to know why my poor boatie did not win?

From The Merryweathers by Julia Ward Richards

"Weel may yon boatie row, or my craig'll have to thole a raxing."

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson

Then let us sing 'The boatie rows,' To tell of her fair fame, Who honour on the race bestows— Grace Darling is her name.

From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope

Eh, but she swims fine, and she's gotten hold of the wee boatie wi' the laddie's dinner on it.

From The Northern Iron by George A. Birmingham

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