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packet boat

NOUN
ferry
Synonyms


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The grueling trip will require enduring three tedious weeks of crude travel conditions via coal-fueled locomotive, mule-drawn Erie Canal packet boat, steamship and wagon train.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

But if I hadn’t kept a close eye on our son, he would have ended up on a packet boat to New Guinea.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2012

Maggie, Kate, Leah, Mother, and Calvin traveled by packet boat over 200 miles east to Albany, the capital city of New York State.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

She, Lizzie, and two female friends boarded a nighttime Erie Canal packet boat.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The packet boat was restored to the British government, without the form of a process.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Jared Sparks


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