Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The skipper of a keel-boat or barge used around Newcastle, England.
- noun Same as
keeler .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
keeler , 1.
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- noun historical A
keeler ; one who manages acoal boat .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Between "keelish," "coblish" and "sheelish," the respective dialects of the north-country keelman, pilot and tradesman, he had at his command a source of supply unrivalled in vituperative richness, abundance and variety.
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The wherryman, it is true, possessed a ripe vocabulary, but the fact that it embraced only a single dialect seriously handicapped him in his race with the keelman, who had no less than three to draw upon, all equally prolific.
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Tyne keelman exempt from impress by levy -- the men supplied being obtained by them by bounties,
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Thames watermen and Tyne keelmen in particular acquired an astounding proficiency in the choice and application of abusive epithets, but of the two the keelman carried off the palm.
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The bull kept on pushing the tree; so the keelman tried a totally irrelevant supplication.
The Romance of the Coast James Runciman 1871
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People who work on crowded waterways seem to acquire an extraordinary proficiency in the art of abuse, and in the said art a keelman is much superior to the Thames bargeman.
The Romance of the Coast James Runciman 1871
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After the Saturday's drinking bout and incidental combat the keelman had Sunday in which to cultivate the graces.
The Romance of the Coast James Runciman 1871
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The keelman was unprepared with an answer to this problem, but with characteristic flippancy he inquired, "Div ye knaw the conseekue of a keel losin 'her tide?"
The Romance of the Coast James Runciman 1871
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The keelman has many points in common with the pitman.
The Romance of the Coast James Runciman 1871
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The keelman is religious in his way, but his ideas lack lucidity.
The Romance of the Coast James Runciman 1871
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