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wager-boats

wager-boats is the plural of wager-boat.

Meaning of wager-boat

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

Questions about wager-boats

What is wager-boats the plural of?
Wager-boats is the plural of wager-boat.

Words near wager-boats in the dictionary

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

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