pigboat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pigboat
Example Sentences
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Not since the U-156 appeared off the coast of Cape Cod in World War I and smacked a few shells at Orleans had U.S. citizens seen a pigboat in action at such close range.
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While the comic-strip heroes teetered on various brinks, Venezuelan editors heard with dismay that a ship with a supply of mats had been sent to the bottom by a pigboat.
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The Borie found another huge pigboat on the surface.
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Barney Connett's homemade, one-man pigboat is twelve feet long, weighs 1,000 pounds, was put together with automobile parts and miscellaneous junk at a cost of $4,000, is powered by a battery-driven electric motor.
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As chief of the Navy's submarine doctors, Captain Alvis had one answer known to any man who ever underwent pigboat training: all submariners are volunteers, and not every volunteer becomes a submariner.
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