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canal boat

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He had been working for the Canal and River Trust and was putting an enforcement notice on a canal boat when he was attacked.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2022

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

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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