keelboatman
Americannoun
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keelboatmen
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The boy did not get the information he was after, but his adventure has furnished the glimpse of the departed raftsman and keelboatman which I desire to offer in this place.
From Life on the Mississippi, Part 1. by Twain, Mark
It had been the rule of the keelboatmen and they had carried it up and down the waterways, from New Orleans to the upper Mississippi and from Pittsburg to the Rockies.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
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