boatmen

She opened the door to the kitchen, and called the boatmen in.

Pan 2003

The dark-skinned natives were the cool ones amidst the flurry; and the boatmen were the coolest.

Gold Seekers of '49 Charles H. [Illustrator] Stephens 1911

She opened the door to the kitchen, and called the boatmen in.

Pan Knut Hamsun 1905

One of my boatmen was a Frenchman and the other a German; they were both stout and willing to work.

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains Drannan, William F 1899

"The boatmen are our friends; they will take us safely to the steamer."

Somewhere in France Richard Harding Davis 1890

The boatmen are the awkwardest, the stupidest, and the most unscientific on earth, without question.

The Innocents Abroad — Volume 04 Mark Twain 1872

The boatmen are the awkwardest, the stupidest, and the most unscientific on earth, without question.

The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872

I then called my boatmen, and desired them to get the gondola ready, and conduct her to her own house again, seeing carefully that she did herself no mischief by the way.

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

This is merely a local legend, such as boatmen are expected to know.

Angling Sketches Andrew Lang 1878

That greedy _Ranatra_, who eats so much, and never looks a bit the more solid for his meals, crept up a reed and sunned his wings; the water-gnats skimmed and skated about, measuring the surface of the water with their long legs; the "boatmen" shot up and down till one was quite giddy, showing the white on their bodies, like swallows wheeling for their autumn-flight.

Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863