canal boat

Example Sentences

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He had been working for the Canal and River Trust and was putting an enforcement notice on a canal boat when he was attacked.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2022

Life on a rustic canal boat is not all romance.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

Wakeman’s family was in debt, and she was working on a canal boat when the war broke out.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2017

Then-state legislator Ralph Regula and the late Al Simpson, a longtime editor at The Canton Repository, wanted to know if the club members were up for the challenge of building the first canal boat replica.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2017

Newcomers keep arriving—by ship, canal boat, and stagecoach.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman