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- noun A
barge used on the narrowcanals ofEngland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
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Examples
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To help work the locks, you need one other person; single-handing a narrowboat is hell.
The Best Way Through England Is Wet Jonathan Raban 2011
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A rented "narrowboat" is a skinny, low-ceilinged, fully furnished floating apartment, surprisingly easy to handle on the water and perfectly comfortable for a couple, or two couples, and their children, to live aboard.
The Best Way Through England Is Wet Jonathan Raban 2011
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It's Zazou Cafe, the eatery on a narrowboat, according to Edinburgh Spotlight.
Edinburgh today: Odeon decision, cheap parking and SlutWalk solidarity 2011
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In fact, I spent part of my time on our narrowboat, and the rest here in my
Mari Strachan answers questions about her first book, The Earth Hums in B Flat 2010
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Hire a narrowboat and tour the North of England where the Industrial Revolution kick-started the modern world.
Five Ways To Save Money On UK Travel | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Captins narrowboat, his Ferret, nodded gently at its mooring.
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She and her husband live part-time on a tiny smallholding in the hills of Ceredigion, West Wales, and part-time on a narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal in London, where much of The Earth Hums in B Flat was written.
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People who run narrowboat firms along the canal fear turnover will be hit.
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Hire a narrowboat and tour the North of England where the Industrial Revolution kick-started the modern world.
Five Ways To Save Money On UK Travel | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Kelsier burned pewter, strengthening his body as he thumped to the deck of the narrowboat leading the caravan.
Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006
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