| 单词 | wager-boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswager-boat wager-boat n. a light racing sculling-boat used in contests between single scullers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > light or racing boat1829 torpid1838 wager-boat1844 skiff1845 slogger1852 whiff1859 gig1865 best boat1866 shell1867 ship1878 sculling four1885 rum-tum1891 Togger1891 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. ix. 118 [He] began talking about the sweet wager-boat which his friend..had bought at Searle's. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. i. 161 It was an amateur-sculler..in so light a boat that the Rogue remarked: ‘A little less on you, and you'd a'most ha' been a Wagerbut.’ < as lemmas |
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