canal boat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Life on a rustic canal boat is not all romance.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021
She and her sister Eliza, seven, spent an hour a day picking litter during their canal boat holiday in Shropshire, ending their excursion with 12 bags of rubbish.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2019
One summer, my partner and I borrowed a canal boat and motored around the Oxford waterways.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2018
St. Helena II was built based on the replica of the canal boat model Simpson and Regula presented to the members of the Louisville Sportsman Club.
From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2017
Newcomers keep arriving—by ship, canal boat, and stagecoach.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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