Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dredgingmachine operated by steam.
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The wind brought the whistle of the railway locomotives and the clanking of a steam-dredger in the river, like a giant toiling in massive chains.
The Son of Clemenceau Alexandre Dumas fils 1859
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