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
Whenever he dropped a toy in the Nile, he said, a passing boatman would rescue it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
And there was no place to hide—no place across any river for a boatman to take us.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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
"At one end of the scale we have 80-year-olds who are competent boatmen, know the techniques and how to deal with the river because they have done it for years," Mr Truman says.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
I was captivated, though, by the more realist paintings of François Bocion, who frequently painted working boatmen along Lake Geneva in the 19th century.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Just before the accident, onlookers from the river bank were shouting at the boatmen to navigate carefully.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
He went in a rowboat with a couple of young fishermen of Low Torning, who wanted the honor of being his boatmen.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
