stern-wheeler
Britishnoun
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Their families bore stern-wheeler connections that buoyed their 67-year friendship.
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
We passed Brewster without landing, but pulled up alongside a big stern-wheeler moored against the bank at Potaris, just above the swift-running Methow Rapids.
From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
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