randan
Americannoun
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a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
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the method for rowing such a boat.
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of randan1
C19: of uncertain origin
Origin of randan2
C18: perhaps changed from random
Example Sentences
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The randan was on: for the next half hour the Roxy's sidewalk was busier than Union Square on an old-time May Day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Figures vary from about 40l. for a best quality randan skiff, all found, to as low as 20l. for a gig, and 12l. for a dingey, turned out new from the builder’s yard.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
The randan were favourites, and led; but Moulton fainted, and the four won.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
There's Gardner guns fer the inimy an' Lushai dandies fer us," broke in Connor, as he drove a stake in the ground, "wet without and dry within—an' Gardner guns are divils on the randan.
From Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete by Parker, Gilbert
There's Gardner guns fer the inimy an' Lushai dandies fer us," broke in Connor, as he drove a stake in the ground, wet without and dry within—" an' Gardner guns are divils on the randan.
From Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 4 by Parker, Gilbert
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