riverboat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of riverboat
Example Sentences
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I remember saying to myself, “Oh, this song’s about a riverboat named Proud Mary.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
In 1993, a few years later, Laymon’s home state of Mississippi was one of a wave of six states to legalize riverboat gambling along the Mississippi River.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2024
Edwards was convicted in 2000 of taking payoffs from interests seeking riverboat casino licenses during his final term in the 1990s.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024
He was a central figure in the 1998 corruption case of Edwards, who was on trial for extortion and charged with demanding $400,000 from DeBartolo for a riverboat casino license.
From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023
They went on board a riverboat, the wooden wheel of which had a sound of conflagration, and whose rusted metal plates reverberated like the mouth of an oven.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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