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- noun Plural form of
tidewaiter .
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Examples
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There are many storied lives locked away among the tidewaiters in China.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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My two companions in the temple were tidewaiters in the Customs.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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There are many storied lives locked away among the tidewaiters in China.
An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891
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My two companions in the temple were tidewaiters in the Customs.
An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891
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"Oh, yes, it appointed postmasters and tidewaiters, maintained an army and navy, and picked quarrels with foreign countries."
Equality Edward Bellamy 1874
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The proscription extended to tidewaiters, to gaugers, to doorkeepers.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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Word having been brought to him that a ship from Macao was expected to load teas at Komchuk ” a place inland not open to trade ” he started off with a posse of tidewaiters on the revenue cruiser Cumfa, to seize her.
Sir Robert Hart Bredon, Juliet 1910
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