surfboat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the Coast Guard as an enlisted E-4 I would take out a 47-foot surfboat without calling anyone.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2016
Their 26-ft. self-bailing surfboat was the first on the scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
I looked across the waves and took heart as another surfboat came out of the darkness.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
Our surfboat was overturned with thirteen aboard: 'leven of us was picked up by the other boat.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
The windlass was rattling on the forecastle, Wall-eye stood by the winch astern, and the surfboat was sliding towards the mangroves, where a big wire hawser was made fast, in the rain.
From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold
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