steamboat has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a boat propelled by a steam engine

Used in print

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

And like Jo_March , who saw her sisters Meg and Amy involved in `` lovering '' before herself , Henrietta saw her sisters Rachel and Sadie drawn outside their family circle by the attraction of suitors , Rachel by Joe_Jastrow , and Sadie by Max_Lobl , a young businessman who would write her romantic descriptions of his trips by steamboat down the Mississippi .

Related terms

boat showboat

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