boatman
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According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2023
As the skilled boatman guides the outrigger across the reef and into the shallows, Agutaya looks like a piece of paradise.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023
The baby-faced boatman, who stands out among the weathered older sailors at Star Ferry, said he would spend the rest of his life on the water if given the chance.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
The boatman nods to my mother and taps his wrist, to signal time to get off.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
In the extracts we've seen, some openly acknowledged the use of mercenaries, or as they called them, "boatmen."
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Just before the accident, onlookers from the river bank were shouting at the boatmen to navigate carefully.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
What takes me by surprise is the warmth of the boatmen, Italian American, old, kind, used to Hindu families carrying out the ritual of scattering ashes on water.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2022
And when I drew the boatmen into the island, I thrilled at Prospero’s line: “Thou shalt be free.”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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