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paddlewheelers

paddlewheelers is the plural of paddlewheeler.

Meaning of paddlewheeler

Noun

paddlewheeler (plural paddlewheelers)

  1. A boat propelled by paddlewheel.
    • People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist.1987, Bob Whittier, Paddle wheel steamers and their giant engines, page 39

Questions about paddlewheelers

What is paddlewheelers the plural of?
Paddlewheelers is the plural of paddlewheeler.

Words near paddlewheelers in the dictionary

  1. paddlesteamer
  2. paddleth
  3. paddlewheel
  4. paddlewheel complex
  5. paddlewheeler
  6. paddlewheelers
  7. paddlewheels
  8. paddlewood
  9. Paddley
  10. paddling
  11. paddling one's own canoe

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