prahu
Americannoun
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But in spite of the keen searchings of a score or so of piercing eyes, the prahu slowly passed them lower and lower down the stream, till the voices began to grow faint.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
Then we joined company, and as soon as the prahu had discharged all her passengers and cargo our little flotilla201 proceeded in the original order down the river.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by R. T. (Robert Taylor) Pritchett
The prahu ordered to pilot us having come alongside, we hoisted her up abaft, and took the people on board, and then made sail for the hitherto unknown territory of Panti river.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Frank Marryat
At the same time a prahu pulled round a point, and made towards the barge, which was at anchor about fifty yards from the shore.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Frank Marryat
But every now and then some straight piece of the river would give the enemy his chance, and the rowers forced the prahu along, so that she gained ground.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
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