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rowboat

[roh-boht] / ˈroʊˌboʊt /
NOUN
dinghy
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NOUN
skiff
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The waters between Turkey and Greece are dotted with endless tiny islands, as Odysseus learned the hard way, many of them reachable by rowboat.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.

From Salon May 18, 2024

An unlikely friendship between a poor fisherman and a majestic bird that first visited his rowboat 13 years ago has captivated Turkey for years.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2024

As the trio strongly suggests Eric make a move — with consent, thanks to a few revised lyrics by Miranda — they also make jokes while harmonizing on the oar of the rowboat.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2023

It would be difficult to spot a small rowboat floating in the river.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

The Minions, we learn in their latest adventure, were originally a seafaring folk who traveled the oceans in rowboats looking for the most evil and despicable master they could possibly find.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Reserve a free one-hour rental to take one of CWB’s pea-pod rowboats for a ride on Lake Union.

From Seattle Times Jun. 30, 2023

The Times tooted its own considerable horn about the armada of kayaks and rowboats it launched to deliver the newspapers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2023

With my parents and siblings, we stayed in white cabins with deep pine-green trim on Schroon Lake, taking rowboats out every day and squealing as the minnows darted around our feet in the water.

From Washington Post Oct. 29, 2020

The only rowboats the children saw were locked onto storage racks or tied on top of the cabins of the boats they belonged with.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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