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boat-puller

boat-puller noun: the members of a boat's crew who are oarsmen or paddlers and prey-clubbers, as contrasted with those who are harpooners, gaffers, or anglers.

Noun

boat-puller (plural boat-pullers)

  1. The members of a boat's crew who are oarsmen or paddlers and prey-clubbers, as contrasted with those who are harpooners, gaffers, or anglers.
    • I stepped out and advanced valiantly upon a long-maned bull in the midst of his wives. I was armed with the regular club with which the boat-pullers killed the wounded seals gaffed aboard by the hunters.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Forms of boat-puller

pluralboat-pullers

Questions about boat-puller

What does boat-puller mean?
Boat-puller means the members of a boat's crew who are oarsmen or paddlers and prey-clubbers, as contrasted with those who are harpooners, gaffers, or anglers.
What part of speech is boat-puller?
Boat-puller is a noun.
What is the plural of boat-puller?
The plural of boat-puller is boat-pullers.

Words near boat-puller in the dictionary

  1. boat-in theater
  2. boat-in theaters
  3. boat-in theatre
  4. boat-in theatres
  5. boat-man
  6. boat-puller
  7. boat-race
  8. boat-raced
  9. boat-races
  10. boat-racing
  11. boat-shaped abdomen

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