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nuggar

British  
/ ˈnʌɡə /

noun

  1. a sailing boat used to carry cargo on the Nile

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of nuggar

from Arabic

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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 Walter Paget

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 Seton Churchill

“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 Walter Paget

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