canal boat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Next week, retired bus driver, Carol Jackson, 66, from West Sussex, and her husband, Chris, are due to begin a "dream trip" - sailing their canal boat through France and Spain to Portugal.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2022
Life on a rustic canal boat is not all romance.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021
Wakeman’s family was in debt, and she was working on a canal boat when the war broke out.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2017
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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