ferryboat
Americannoun
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ferryboats
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ferryboat
First recorded in 1400–50, ferryboat is from the late Middle English word feryboot. See ferry, boat
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Beset by financial hardship, in part because of a devastating injury in a ferryboat accident, Meucci was unable to afford the $10 fee to renew his caveat, which as a result expired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
One of mine came in 1988, when I helped lead a Southwest Seattle Historical Society cruise to celebrate the first voyage of the City of Seattle, the first ferryboat on Puget Sound.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
With the death of his parents in a ferryboat fire, Norwegian author Per Petterson is consumed with the notion of family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
I was watching a ferryboat waddle on the river when I heard a man with a slight British accent say, “Where have you been? I’ve been looking all over for you.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
The sailors cast off the rope and drew in the gangplank, and the water around the ferryboat churned white as the paddle wheels on its sides began to turn.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
The commission also oversees movers, brokers, ferryboats and wastewater.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Beside the damaged causeway, volunteers ran ferryboats and small groups of residents formed at the boat ramp, the island’s new hot spot.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
“These ferryboats, to get them up to high speed, have fairly large diesel engines in them,” he said of Kitsap Transit’s current fleet.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
Most of them are teenage boys trying to sneak onto ferryboats to the mainland, where they hope to join family members or create a case for family reunification.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2018
As we steamed into the harbor, passengers on ferryboats waved their hats & handkerchiefs at us.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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