boatman
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The Bumps is closer to cheese-rolling than rowing, the Peterhouse boatman explained in a pep talk to the squad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Oo Oo had to retire from his job as a boatman when he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2023
“The Kingdoms of Savannah” is an ensemble piece with no real center of gravity, and way too many kooky humans to enumerate here: a slumlord, a lazy boatman, a whistling vagrant.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Nick's boatman steered toward one of the narrow archways.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Police said some of the victims were boatmen, some hauled cargo and others worked in the warehouses on the water's edge, where shrimp and fish are stored.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
Just before the accident, onlookers from the river bank were shouting at the boatmen to navigate carefully.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
What takes me by surprise is the warmth of the boatmen, Italian American, old, kind, used to Hindu families carrying out the ritual of scattering ashes on water.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2022
And when I drew the boatmen into the island, I thrilled at Prospero’s line: “Thou shalt be free.”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
