paddleboat
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paddleboat (plural paddleboats)
- (nautical) A boat propelled by a paddle wheel
- 2009 February 12, “Weir gate fault drains city lake”, in Herald Sun[1]:
- It also caused major problems for businesses which relied on the lake and river, including the city's paddleboat operator and the river cruise company.
- (nautical, US, Canada, Australia) a pedalo
- 1996 April 2, Lisa Merakis, “Two women found floating in paddleboat — 400 miles from shore!”, in Weekly World News, →ISSN, page 33, [satirical]:
- Naval sources report the amazing rescue of two 65-year-old women who were found floating 400 miles off the coast of California — in a tiny paddleboat!
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boat propelled by a paddle wheel
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pedalo — see pedalo