Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The aftermost oar in a rowboat, to the strokes of which those of the other oars must be conformed.
- noun The oarsman who handles the stroke-oar; the strokesman.
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Examples
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Otoo saw to it that he always pulled stroke-oar in my boat.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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But what startled Sheldon was the sight of a woman in the stern-sheets, between the stroke-oar and the steersman.
Chapter 4 2010
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Otoo saw to it that he always pulled stroke-oar in my boat.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Otoo saw to it that he always pulled stroke-oar in my boat.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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At college he pulled stroke-oar in the Christchurch boat, and had thrashed all the best bruisers of the
Vanity Fair 2006
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What your progeny will not do for any considerations of ethics or economy, to save his sisters 'olfactories or the atmosphere of the family altar, -- that he does unflinchingly at one word from the stroke-oar or the commodore.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Various
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"If the old feller don't put on brakes pretty soon the harpoon'll git so hot it'll melt the blubber and pull out," chuckled the stroke-oar.
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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He seemed to feel that he had the stroke-oar, and he pulled away manfully.
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At college he pulled stroke-oar in the Christchurch boat, and had thrashed all the best bruisers of the town.
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Otoo saw to it that he always pulled stroke-oar in my boat.
The Heathen 1914
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