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noun

a boat suitable for use in rough seas.

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My captain on the boat, Brazakka, he wanted me to do this Hemingway bit, with the white stubble, and he wanted the hero angle.
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The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
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Translators—many of whom came by boat themselves—work through the crowds with Italian authorities to take down names and details.
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“When the smuggler boat is ready, they call you,” Saed says.
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Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
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But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
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The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.
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That he laughed at their folly, and went himself in the boat, ordering his men to take a strong cable along with them.
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Many of them were wounded and the worst of these were put into a picket boat which had just that moment come along.
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