bargee
US and Canadian bargeman (ˈbɑːdʒmən)
/ (bɑːˈdʒiː) /
nounplural bargees or bargemen
a person employed on or in charge of a barge
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How to use bargee in a sentence
Please, Mr. bargee, will you take us in your boat as far as Firdale?
Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne ArthurHe avowed himself to have been a bargee in the earth-plane—should one say the water-plane?
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesThe bargee drew a jug of water from the breaker and placed it before them.
Sturdy and Strong | G. A. HentyA Thames bargee has summoned a colleague for throwing a huge piece of coal at him.
A week at Phari dispels all illusions; only a bargee could adequately describe the place.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund Candler
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