boatbuilder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boatbuilder
Example Sentences
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Legendary boatbuilder George Pocock housed his workshop in that Shell House, creating the boats that took the University of Washington to gold.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Christened the Meyers Manx, the vehicle was the invention of Bruce Meyers, a surfer and boatbuilder who melded old Volkswagen Beetle parts with a fiberglass body.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2021
After four feet of water flooded his 1920s bayfront home during Hurricane Sandy four years ago, Mr. Grover, a retired boatbuilder, raised it 13 feet.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2016
Mr Peters, a boatbuilder from Millbrook in Cornwall, was arrested after a confrontation with staff at a takeaway and taken to Charles Cross police station.
From BBC ● May 26, 2016
My dad used to say a good boatbuilder was partway an artist and partway a scientist, and it was the science part of Mr. Woodwell that was going to help me raise our boat.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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