nuggar

British

/ ˈnʌɡə /

noun

a sailing boat used to carry cargo on the Nile

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Etymology

Origin of nuggar

from Arabic

Example Sentences

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Those were the conditions under which certain picked British soldiers, one of whom was an old friend of ours, lost sight of for a considerable time, were dragging their nuggar up a series of cataracts.

From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter

A year ago an escort of five or six soldiers used to accompany each nuggar either coming up or down.

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton

“A regular Nile reis, with his crew of four natives, would never have stuck the nuggar there.”

From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter

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