bargee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
"You don't look nor talk like a bargee."
From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Lord Bacon arrives at Stratford disguised as a bargee.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 by Various
"Our last upset was when that bargee canted us over at Eton, rather a different business that, Peter."
From The Young Buglers by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
They once heard him threaten to thrash a bargee for ill-treating a horse, and they were amazed when the man sulkily desisted; the threat was so gently and dispassionately uttered.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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