steamboat
noun
steam·boat
ˈstēm-ˌbōt 
: a boat driven by steam power
specifically
: a shallow-draft vessel used on inland waterways
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Over the next 30 years, the steamboat captain, born the son of Irish immigrants in New York, built a ranching empire still known today for its beef cattle and quarter horses.
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Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
His steamboats, some of which were abandoned war ships from World War I, acted as a transportation system for goods and Black people who wanted to travel between the Caribbean, Central America and Africa.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
The prize's namesake, author Mark Twain, divined his pen name from a navigation term used by steamboat captains on a river.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
The explosion aboard the Sultana was followed by the state's second-deadliest steamboat disaster, the destruction of the Miami by fire on the Arkansas River, with a loss of as many as 200 passengers and crewmen.
—arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
His steamboats, some of which were abandoned war ships from World War I, acted as a transportation system for goods and Black people who wanted to travel between the Caribbean, Central America and Africa.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
The prize's namesake, author Mark Twain, divined his pen name from a navigation term used by steamboat captains on a river.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
The explosion aboard the Sultana was followed by the state's second-deadliest steamboat disaster, the destruction of the Miami by fire on the Arkansas River, with a loss of as many as 200 passengers and crewmen.
—arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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steamboat
noun
steam·boat
ˈstēm-ˌbōt
: a boat driven by steam
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