Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A boat propelled by paddle-wheels.

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Examples

  • The expansive Verona Park, designed by the Olmsted brothers in the 1920s, provides a kind of centerpiece to the township, with a picturesque lake offering paddle-boat rides, a boathouse, snack bar and gazebo.

    Verona's Small-Town Roots Prove a Draw Melanie Lefkowitz 2011

  • They used the planes to film a paddle-boat rendition of a French-English naval battle in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal.

    Recycling Takes to Air 2010

  • A man sleeps on a paddle-boat in the shade on a hot day in New Delhi, India, April 16, 2010.

    Mercury Rising in India 2010

  • For many years, Johnson worked at the paddle-boat docks at the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial.

    District native returns as member of national equestrian circuit T. Rees Shapiro 2010

  • A little flotilla, gay with bunting, was making for a big sea-going paddle-boat, there were banners flying, and people waving and hurrahing, and a tug was squirting its hoses high into the air, making watery rainbows in the sunlight, very pretty to see.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • For many years, Johnson worked at the paddle-boat docks at the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial.

    District native returns as member of national equestrian circuit T. Rees Shapiro 2010

  • Manan Vatsyayana/AFP A man sleeps on a paddle-boat in the shade on a hot day in New Delhi, India, April 16, 2010.

    Mercury Rising in India 2010

  • Some great swell taking his leave, thinks I, for the folk on the smaller boats were singing "Auld Lang Syne" and giving three cheers, again and again, and as we stood off I could see a knot of people on the big paddle-boat, waving their hats.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • News at Eleven: Timmy was a paddle-boat, sound as a gong,/Not a worm in his timbers, fresh paint all over.

    News at Eleven: "Timmy was a paddle-boat, Rus Bowden 2009

  • Poetry & Poets in Rags: News at Eleven: Timmy was a paddle-boat

    News at Eleven: "Timmy was a paddle-boat, Rus Bowden 2009

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