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riverboat

[ riv-er-boht ]

noun

  1. any shallow-draft boat used on rivers. river.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of riverboat1

First recorded in 1555–65; river 1 + boat
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Example Sentences

“Fantasmic!” makes use not just of the Rivers of America and its centerpiece island but also such large-scale attractions as the Mark Twain Riverboat and the Sailing Ship Columbia.

In one exercise, "Riverboat," users put negative words in paper boats and send them down a river.

Kai posted photos of the couple on a riverboat in Cambridge, taken on Saturday, that showed the happy moment.

From BBC

Jazz concerts as far back as June 1918, a few months before a teenage Louis Armstrong played his first riverboat.

The others sponsor public lotteries, poker clubs, riverboat casinos at which Vegas-like games are on offer, or have made deals with Native American tribes for their own casinos.

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