stroke oar
Origin of stroke oar
1First recorded in 1825–35
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How to use stroke oar in a sentence
So she rowed her best and having the stroke oar, Uncle Jabez was obliged to pull his best to keep up with her.
Ruth Fielding At College | Alice B. EmersonBill Hardy was rowing the stroke oar, and did the questioning.
A Final Reckoning | G. A. HentyThe fame of the half-back and the short-stop and the stroke-oar has grown out of proportion to their real worth.
The Young Pitcher | Zane GreyFirst of all the professor chose Celia Prime 162 for stroke oar.
The Girls of Central High | Gertrude W. MorrisonSuddenly Fisher Young, pulling the stroke oar, gave a faint scream; he was shot through the left wrist.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. Yonge
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