Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boat-shaped carriage slung from a frame, swinging in which is a favorite amusement with young people at fairs, etc.
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Examples
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"I'll take you along, chum, " said the obliging swing-boat man.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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He was about to ask a few more questions when the swing-boat man came up again, leading a brown-faced gipsy boy by the ear.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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"Friend of his, " the swing-boat man explained to Old Mum.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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Rollo talks a Lot The swing-boat man took Fatty across to the yellow and green caravan.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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The swing-boat man shook him like a rat, laughed, and went off again.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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"Hallo, Old Mum, " said the swing-boat man, coming up.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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The body included two cheap Jacks, a shooting-gallery proprietor and the ladies who loaded the guns, a pair of boxing-masters, a steam-roundabout manager, two travelling broom-makers, who called themselves widows, a gingerbread-stall keeper, a swing-boat owner, and a "test-your-strength" man.
Jude the Obscure 1894
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a steam-roundabout manager, two travelling broom-makers, who called themselves widows, a gingerbread-stall keeper, a swing-boat owner, and a "test-your-strength" man.
Jude the Obscure 1896
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Sir William’s park presented the usual heart-breaking spectacle of wheel-ruts in the turf, half-unpacked roundabout and swing-boat stuff, and patches of mud where grass should have been.
The Saltmarsh Murders Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1933
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Bright as a parakeet ....) "unsteady as a swing-boat, silly as a drunkard's dream, tragic as a poem by Massfield ....
Dangerous Ages Rose Macaulay 1919
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