stern-wheeler
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He runs a Fishermen’s Terminal-based charter service on the 1993-vintage Christine W, the only commercial stern-wheeler on the Sound.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
At the end of summer, Sturgeon’s supporters boarded a stern-wheeler for a trip down the Chena River for one last fundraiser.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
Chinese villagers free a merchant marine captain from the communists to take them to Hong Kong in a stern-wheeler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2019
From there, they met another steamer, which ferried them across the 40-mile-wide lake to a stern-wheeler destined for the Caribbean.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2010
Sanders took his steamboat, his Maxim gun, and his Houssa police, and went up the river, as far as the little stern-wheeler would carry him.
From Sanders of the River by Wallace, Edgar
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