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paddlewheeler en · NOUN

Etymology

From paddlewheel + -er.

Meanings

1. A boat propelled by paddlewheel.
   • A long drawn-out whistle from a paddlewheeler filled the air. 1995, Cassie Edwards, Savage Pride, page 23:
   • People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist. 1987, Bob Whittier, Paddle wheel steamers and their giant engines, page 39:
   • In the foreground is the deck of the paddlewheeler she is racing. 1999, Graham Wilson, Paddlewheelers of Alaska and the Yukon, page 57:

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