houseboat

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  1. noun A barge designed and equipped for use as a dwelling or cruiser.

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  • A path led down the face of one of these precipices to a houseboat which was tied to a pine tree growing out of a stone ledge which formed a natural dock When a tin can was tossed off the cliff top and came clattering down to land in the water a few yards from the houseboat, a man on the houseboat porch was considerably concerned. —  134 - The Whisker of Hercules
  • The forward part of the houseboat was already blazing. —  041 - The Black Spot
  • To rent a houseboat is at the top of everyone's to do list in Kerala, known to the locals as —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • And we have never named our houseboat, either. —  Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
  • They were no longer in the quiet inlet of the bay, where their houseboat was anchored, but rowing out toward the more open water. —  Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
 

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