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dredging machine

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  1. dredge1(def 1).
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Origin of dredging machine

First recorded in 1820–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

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Historical Examples

  • Perhaps one of the young gentlemen would like a dredging-machine?

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892

    Various

  • Among them are the gunboats,—a cross between a floating fort, a dredging-machine, and a mud-scow.