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wager-boat

wager-boat noun: a high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.

Noun

wager-boat (plural wager-boats)

  1. A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
    • From where they sat they could get a glimpse of the main stream […]; and just then a wager-boat flashed into view, the rower—a short, stout figure—splashing badly and rolling a good deal, but working his hardest. The Rat stood up and hailed him, but Toad—for it was he—shook his head and settled...1908, Kenneth Grahame, chapter 1, in The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen

Forms of wager-boat

pluralwager-boats

Questions about wager-boat

What does wager-boat mean?
Wager-boat means a high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
What part of speech is wager-boat?
Wager-boat is a noun.
What is the plural of wager-boat?
The plural of wager-boat is wager-boats.

Words near wager-boat in the dictionary

  1. wager a dollar to a donut
  2. wager a dollar to a doughnut
  3. wager of battel
  4. wager of battle
  5. wager of law
  6. wager-boat
  7. wager-boats
  8. wagerable
  9. wagered
  10. wagerer
  11. wagerers

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