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skiff
has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)To his left , the two skiffs dented their sharp bows into the soft bank . They moved toward the skiffs with shocking eagerness , elbowing and shoving . The Union soldiers grounded arms and settled into healthy , indifferent postures to watch the feeble boarding of the skiffs . In a confused , soaked and stumbling shift of bodies and lifting arms , the two men were dragged into the same skiff . If he failed to reach the riverbank in five minutes , say , then the skiffs would pull away and leave him groping in the mud . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 27086
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