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rowboat

[roh-boht] / ˈroʊˌboʊt /
NOUN
dinghy
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NOUN
skiff
Synonyms


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A few years back, a sea lion jumped into a South End rowboat.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 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

Her husband, John Sonnichsen, had followed her in a rowboat.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

As though to prove that the constraint between them was broken, in the next wait for the rowboat Nat strolled over to join her where she stood watching.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

The Minions, we learn in their latest adventure, were originally a seafaring folk who traveled the oceans in rowboats looking for the most evil and despicable master they could possibly find.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Reserve a free one-hour rental to take one of CWB’s pea-pod rowboats for a ride on Lake Union.

From Seattle Times Jun. 30, 2023

It looked like a deserted summer deck atop two rowboats.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2023

The Times tooted its own considerable horn about the armada of kayaks and rowboats it launched to deliver the newspapers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2023

There the little rowboats would sit like Russian nesting dolls, until morning came and it was time to fish once more.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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