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keelboatman

American  
[keel-boht-muhn] / ˈkilˌboʊt mən /

noun

  • keelboatmen
    plural
  1. a member of the crew of a keelboat.


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Etymology

Origin of keelboatman

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; keelboat + -man

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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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