workboat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of workboat
Example Sentences
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Teaming up with Diversified Marine allows Arc to launch its new workboat in collaboration with several entities that do business at the port, Lee said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
The Pioneer, developed by Artemis Technologies, is the world's first electric foiling workboat to be brought to market.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2023
There were few workboat jobs in the region after he earned his degree and license in 2009 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022
Murphy first started crabbing when he was a boy himself; he had his own 30-foot workboat when he was 13.
From Washington Post
We pulled out five bushels of brown razor clams, dumped them in our baskets, and carried them down to the workboat.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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