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Etymology
Origin of bargeman
1400–50, earlier in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French; Middle English; see barge, man
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A Swedish woman with a secret finds her bargeman father, barfly Marthy and a seaman who falls for her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
But Dan was not born to be a bargeman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The author of Cover the Waterfront, an expert on the simple life, discovers a bargeman who combines philosophizing with fishing.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Not much,” I admitted, thinking back to what the bargeman had said.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
A bargeman, poling away from the shore, found Chicken late that afternoon stuck in some rocks and weeds, his knickers ballooning about his legs.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
John and Donna Coffield invited several of the stranded bargemen into their home for Christmas and New Year's.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eighteen years ago when King George V went down the Thames he rode in a gaudy gilded rowboat pulled by the blue-capped royal bargemen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Antique dealers, garage proprietors, members of the nobility and bargemen were among those arrested.
From Time Magazine Archive
European waterways also foam with detergent suds, and German bargemen on the Neckar have complained that 3-ft. fleeces of the stuff are a menace to navigation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Crossing the Seine I saw a string of barges being towed empty down the current, riding high, the bargemen at the sweeps as they came toward the bridge.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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