sidewheeler
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For 20 years the matronly, broad-beamed old sidewheeler Seeandbee made the night run between Cleveland and Buffalo, and a pretty thing she was.
From Time Magazine Archive
A five-deck sidewheeler with a 20,000-sq.-ft. dance floor, the Island Queen operated out of Cincinnati, where for years she had made daily summertime trips to an amusement park called Coney Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
One night month ago the S. S. District of Columbia, ancient sidewheeler of the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co., chuffed down the quiet Potomac on its regular overnight run from Washington to Norfolk.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sidewheeler Peter Stuyvesant, which formed part of Anthony's Pier Four Restaurant, was torn from its concrete pilings and wrecked in Boston Harbor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rube sped up the sidewheeler and Schultz reached wide to meet it and failed.
From The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey
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