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swingboat

British  
/ ˈswɪŋˌbəʊt /

noun

  1. a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in

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Swung in a "swingboat" at a fair.

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She would have liked to hang back, but she was more ashamed to retreat from him than to expose herself to the crowd or to dare the swingboat.

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He sat down, and let the swingboat swing itself out.

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People in the crowd cried shame on him as he came out of the swingboat.

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