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  • There's only one legal place to do it - along the Southwest waterfront stretching from Fort McNair to the Tidal Basin - and it requires patience, a working knowledge of equipment like bilge pumps and thru-hulls, and a seafarer's stomach.

    Murky waters for D.C.'s 'boat people' Derek Kravitz 2010

  • There's only one legal place to do it - along the Southwest waterfront stretching from Fort McNair to the Tidal Basin - and it requires patience, a working knowledge of equipment like bilge pumps and thru-hulls, and a seafarer's stomach.

    Murky waters for D.C.'s 'boat people' Derek Kravitz 2010

  • There's only one legal place to do it - along the Southwest waterfront stretching from Fort McNair to the Tidal Basin - and it requires patience, a working knowledge of equipment like bilge pumps and thru-hulls, and a seafarer's stomach.

    Murky waters for D.C.'s 'boat people' Derek Kravitz 2010

  • In the early '50s, before my brothers were born, we often went to visit Wilma in the tilting little seafarer's house she kept then on City Island.

    'Seussical' Lyricist Lynn Ahren's 'One-Man Show': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010

  • Founded in the 1560s in honor of the seafarer's favorite saint, St. Anthony's was first built of bamboo and wood planks and is one of the three oldest churches in Macau.

    Macau Jennifer Welker 2009

  • 'Tis International Talk Like A Pirate Day, so ye'd best be puttin' a lively seafarer's tongue betwixt those pearly teeth, if ye don't fancy a cutlass in yer gory tripes.

    Plenty of Nothing: 2008

  • Equally, when checking seafarer's documentation, always ask to see the original document.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • 'Tis International Talk Like A Pirate Day, so ye'd best be puttin' a lively seafarer's tongue betwixt those pearly teeth, if ye don't fancy a cutlass in yer gory tripes.

    Arrrr, Me Pretties 2008

  • The boy's sun-bleached hair and seafarer's tan seemed oddly misplaced under the red-lit glimmer of the control panels.

    Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988

  • The door opened with a soft knock and a squat, dark-haired man wearing a shabby seafarer's uniform entered carrying a red lacquer box.

    Next Of Kin Sapir, Richard & Murphy, Warren 1981

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