Bargees

The Town boat (manned by eight stout Bargees, with the redoubted Rullock for stroke) had bumped the Brazenose light oar, usually at the head of the river.

Burlesques 2006

The Town boat (manned by eight stout Bargees, with the redoubted Rullock for stroke) had bumped the Brazenose light oar, usually at the head of the river.

Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

Bargees not unfrequently scuffle with hobnailed shoes through the passages, and go in and out, leaving behind them a smell of tobacco, to which the denizens of the place are not unaccustomed.

The Three Clerks 2004

Bargees and their wives sit of an evening drinking their supper beer, and toasting their supper cheese at a glowing basketful of coals that sticks out into the room under a great hooded chimney and is warmer and prettier and more comforting than any other fireplace I ever saw.

The Railway Children Edith 2003

Bargees and their wives sit of an evening drinking their supper beer, and toasting their supper cheese at a glowing basketful of coals that sticks out into the room under a great hooded chimney and is warmer and prettier and more comforting than any other fireplace I ever saw.

The Railway Children Edith 2003

The player from the North had scarcely touched the ball during the whole game, and altogether the Bargees were becoming restless and excited.

Tales of St. Austin's 1928

MacArthur, the captain of the team, with Thomson as his fellow-centre, and Welch and Bannister on the wings, did what they liked with the Bargees 'three-quarters.

Tales of St. Austin's 1928

The Bargees managed to score a penalty goal in the first half, and won on that.

Tales of St. Austin's 1928

The secretary of the Bargees 'F.C. subsided reluctantly, and the game was restarted.

Tales of St. Austin's 1928

The Bargees had brought down a player of some reputation from the North, and were as strong as ever in the scrum.

Tales of St. Austin's 1928