raftsman
[ rafts-muhn, rahfts- ]
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How to use raftsman in a sentence
He was elected, not because he was a raftsman, but because the Democrats of that day outnumbered the Whigs.
The Old Pike | Thomas B. SearightHowever, Antonio proved a most expert raftsman, being almost amphibious and smart as any eel.
The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. BullenHe had been a raftsman, and was reputed to be the most daring of those little-known watermen at flood-times and in the early thaw.
The Vultures | Henry Seton MerrimanThen he fired up, mad-like, and talked about the grey mare of hisn being able to pull a oar as good as any raftsman.
Ande Trembath | Matthew Stanley KempBoth of the men were inexperienced, one being a raftsman who came down the river, and the other a man from Vicksburg.
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches | Theodore Roosevelt
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