Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
ferryboat .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ferry-boat.
Examples
-
"You have given me a glimpse of fairyland," Martin said on the ferry-boat.
Chapter 36 2010
-
But it was time to catch the last ferry-boat for Oakland, and
Chapter 36 2010
-
The novella details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain, employed by a Belgian trading company.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
-
And while Arthur took up the tale, for the twentieth time, of his adventure with the drunken hoodlums on the ferry-boat and of how
Chapter 2 2010
-
The unseen ferry-boat was blowing blast after blast, and the mouth-blown horn was tooting in terror-stricken fashion.
Chapter 1 2010
-
The novella details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain, employed by a Belgian trading company.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
-
Nothing is going to be lost -- not one pile out of the docks, not one railroad spike, not one ounce of steam out of the gauge of a ferry-boat.
Chapter XXIII 2010
-
He sat down on the opposite side of the ferry-boat and stared at me.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
-
Once, warning against the perils of bootleg liquor, he told the story of a young woman on a Hoboken ferry-boat who took a drink from a flask carried in the pocket of her escort.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
-
Once, warning against the perils of bootleg liquor, he told the story of a young woman on a Hoboken ferry-boat who took a drink from a flask carried in the pocket of her escort.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.