rowboat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowboat
Example Sentences
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A few years back, a sea lion jumped into a South End rowboat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.
From Salon • May 18, 2024
Her husband, John Sonnichsen, had followed her in a rowboat.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
A milkman named Ray J. Henville made his rounds by rowboat.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
We laughed about a trip the whole family had taken to another park last spring, when Ji-yong had dropped the knife out of a rowboat so we had to eat our apples without peeling them.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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