paddle box
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The gentleman then took it and carried it to the pilot, who was just then coming down from the paddle box and putting on his coat.
From Rollo on the Atlantic by Jacob Abbott
And the very next steamboat from the lower country, the great heavy Duke of Orleans, with a green half moon of lattice work in each paddle box, brought the convalescent Henry and his friend.
From Duffels by Edward Eggleston
When Hilbert went back to the paddle box with his half sovereign, it was about eleven o'clock.
From Rollo on the Atlantic by Jacob Abbott
Returning to the charge, the Queen struck the Indianola abaft the paddle box, crushing her frame and loosening some plates of armor, but received the fire of the guns from the rear casemates.
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Richard Taylor
Just then the pilot, from his lofty lookout on the paddle box, called out, "Port!"
From Rollo on the Atlantic by Jacob Abbott
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