dredger

• Then he had proceeded to the dredger, where Louis had gone to join him. —  Maigret and the Death of a Harbormaster—Simenon, Georges-15
• It anchored, and set to work, an uninspiring bucket-dredger of ancient pattern, setting its chain of buckets to dredge up sand from the sea-bed. —  Faintley Speaking - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 27: 1954
• She asked them whether the dredger was often there, and if they knew why the bay needed deepening. —  Faintley Speaking - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 27: 1954
• When she came on deck again the dredger was entertaining a visitor. —  Faintley Speaking - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 27: 1954
• The dredger was correctly lighted, but not a sound came from her, although they sat there for over an hour. —  Faintley Speaking - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 27: 1954

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