coastwise
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of coastwise
Example Sentences
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It could also suppress the coastwise slave trade and abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2021
A coastwise steamer came to anchor in Provincetown Harbor, reporting, 'Had a fishing boat pass me sailing under water.'
From Time Magazine Archive
But after a month, during which he was scared stiff whenever he rode on a public conveyance, he shipped on a 29-day coastwise trip.
From Time Magazine Archive
To carry the coal to tidewater plants, Eastern Gas & Fuel went into shipping, now owns two freighters, 16 colliers, accounts for nearly one-fourth of the domestic coastwise receipts at the Port of Boston.
From Time Magazine Archive
The foreign and coastwise trade was concentrated at New York, a city with a population of sixteen or seventeen thousand.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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