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canal boat

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noun

  1. a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight

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Adrian Ellis says that going on his first canal boat holiday was "a surreal experience".

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2021

Tanmim Hussain, 46, a driving instructor and mother of four who lives in North London, bought a canal boat this summer.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

One summer, my partner and I borrowed a canal boat and motored around the Oxford waterways.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2018

Then-state legislator Ralph Regula and the late Al Simpson, a longtime editor at The Canton Repository, wanted to know if the club members were up for the challenge of building the first canal boat replica.

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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