ferryman

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The ferryman jokes that the rubber has returned to its origins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Roy Truman, a descendant of Edward Smith, the captain of the Titanic, is head ferryman of the Butley Foot Ferry.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024

This week, a different anticyclone, named for Hades’ ferryman, also drifted from North Africa toward Europe’s outer-region nations, consigning Italy to crisis mode.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2023

An anticyclone nicknamed Charon - who in Greek mythology was the ferryman of the dead - could cause Europe to break its highest recorded temperature of 48.8C, possibly on the Italian island of Sardinia.

From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2023

The soul must then recite a counting rhyme to tally his fingers, satisfying the ferryman.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife