pinnace

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In one major shipment, 15 pinnaces carrying manuscripts left Timbuktu together.

From The Guardian

Tired, hot, and hungry they reached the spot where a naval pinnace was supposed to be awaiting them.

From Project Gutenberg

A steam pinnace landed him and his scanty belongings on the Gateshead side of the river.

From Project Gutenberg

We're safe enough for the present, my lads," he exclaimed, "for the rascally Dutchmen cannot approach us save in their pinnaces.

From Project Gutenberg

As soon as sufficiently revived he narrated the loss of the pinnace in the breakers, the death of three of the crew, and the casting of himself and one of the Kanakas upon the beach.

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