gondolier
Example Sentences
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“When everything reopens, tourists will invade us again,” said Giuseppe Tagliapietra, a gondolier for 43 years.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
“There is no one better than a gondolier to represent the city’s traditions,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2021
A singing cabby poses as a gondolier for a cheese company, then goes to Venice and becomes one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2019
And, of course, this being Las Vegas the guy doing the anthems was a singing gondolier whose day job is serenading tourists in the faux canals of Venice just across the street.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2018
Then he tore away from Prosper and jumped down the steps to watch a gondolier push his boat off its mooring.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
