towboat
Origin of towboat
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How to use towboat in a sentence
"Your passenger is not going back with you, sir," he called down over the rail to the towboat captain.
Blow The Man Down | Holman Day"Ain't so sure about that, sir," stated the towboat man, loafing into an easier attitude.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThe towboat man was not enough interested to listen to statements concerning the Conomo's condition.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayBoth Hicks and Flaherty had grown old in the towboat service and the rules of the road rested lightly on their sordid souls.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneThe towboat men held a council of war and decided to drown Scraggs out.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
British Dictionary definitions for towboat
/ (ˈtəʊˌbəʊt) /
another word for tug (def. 5)
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