| 单词 | weekly boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweekly boat weekly boat n. now historical a boat, esp. a coasting vessel, on which the crew is paid by the week; cf. monthly boat n. at monthly adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel according to payment or rations of crew monthly ship1871 weekly boat1888 monthly boat1898 pound and pinter1938 1888 Leeds Mercury 31 Mar. 3/1 Thirty shillin's a week in a weekly boat and find your own grub; that's about the ornery run of things. 1927 F. H. Shaw Knocking Around 4 She was a weekly boat, where the crew provided their own food. 1995 D. Lawless in D. Frost Ethnic Labour & Brit. Imperial Trade 43 Arab boarding house masters were able to find work on weekly boats sailing to northern France and the Low Countries, the so-called ‘Home and Coasting Trades’. < as lemmas |
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