bargee
Britishnoun
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Suddenly one bargee shook his fist: "It's that lazy bum Walker," the bargee said, "now he's back!"
From Time Magazine Archive
A week at Phari dispels all illusions; only a bargee could adequately describe the place.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
"I need hardly point out to you that a bargee in a furred collar—" "No, you needn't."
From True Tilda by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"I must give it to your baby—may I?" she said to the bargee.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Hard at work, stand hundreds of strong and bare armed women, who scrub and wring their linen, while they sing and reply to the banter of passing bargee or canotier.
From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Charles E. (Charles Edward) Bolton
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