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wager-boat en · NOUN
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A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
From where they sat they could get a glimpse of the main stream […]; and just then a wager-boat flashed into view, the rower—a short, stout figure—splashing badly and rolling a good deal, but working his hardest. The Rat stood up and hailed him, but Toad—for it was he—shook his head and settled sternly to his work.
1908, Kenneth Grahame, chapter 1, in The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen:
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