canal boat

Example Sentences

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Life on a rustic canal boat is not all romance.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

A family say they are being forced to remove their canal boat home from the waterways and will become homeless.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2019

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

The reconstruction Hatfield did on St. Helena II used the same canal boat model to restore the boat after it had been abandoned for years without upkeep when it retired.

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