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rowboat

[roh-boht] / ˈroʊˌboʊt /
NOUN
dinghy
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NOUN
skiff
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Behind, at some distance, is a rowboat with whalers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The game continues in “Boating Party,” which puts us inside a rowboat right up close to a top-hatted rower whose exertion will paradoxically pull the boat away from where we stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

After over a decade at Tacoma’s Foss Waterway Seaport museum, Jordan Hanssen knew it was time to put his once-famed rowboat to rest.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2023

The current moving the blue rowboat, bobbing it towards me.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes