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Examples
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She flew straight over Angel Island, and here the motor-boat lost her, for it had to go around the island.
Winged Blackmail 2010
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Her previous flight having been eastward toward the bay, the fastest motor-boat in Tiburon was commissioned to take up the chase if it led out over the water.
Winged Blackmail 2010
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I prefer a sail-boat to a motor-boat, and it is my belief that boat-sailing is a finer, more difficult, and sturdier art than running a motor.
SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010
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He hastened to the motor-boat, slashing the lines that secured it to the Contessa.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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"The motor-boat must have ferried those two crooks to a seaplane."
Golden State 2010
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Twenty minutes later the officers climbed carefully down the ladder to their motor-boat, not in the least assisted by the Bols.
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… Next morning… another friend, a foundry worker, arranged for a small motor-boat for me.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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Once in a while, to avoid the long walks and the dollar buses, I'd take a water taxi--a motor-boat whose operator would take you down the coast to your vacation abode.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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The thought that immediately leaped to mind was how similar the experience was to being on a motor-boat.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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The thought that immediately leaped to mind was how similar the experience was to being on a motor-boat.
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