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- noun Plural form of
towboat .
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Examples
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The shouts from the towboats were the only sound as the dark hulk of the condemned ship creaked, quivered, and turned into the wind, shrouds groaning as she set out on her last brief voyage.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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For transporting coal in calmer waters, such as rivers and lakes, flat-bottomed vessels called towboats are used.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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For transporting coal in calmer waters, such as rivers and lakes, flat-bottomed vessels called towboats are used.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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For transporting coal in calmer waters, such as rivers and lakes, flat-bottomed vessels called towboats are used.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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"Its main purpose is to allow towboats, cargo carrying things to go up and down to deliver the corn, coal, soybeans, and other raw materials that industry needs to keep operating."
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"Its main purpose is to allow towboats, cargo carrying things to go up and down to deliver the corn, coal, soybeans, and other raw materials that industry needs to keep operating."
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A single barge can carry as much material as 70 tractor-trailers, and some towboats can move 45 barges at once.
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"Its main purpose is to allow towboats, cargo carrying things to go up and down to deliver the corn, coal, soybeans, and other raw materials that industry needs to keep operating."
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A single barge can carry as much material as 70 tractor-trailers, and some towboats can move 45 barges at once.
Some Kentucky residents return to homes near Mississippi River 2011
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They have to learn, and re-learn, the river every day, all while dodging towboats, cruise liners, ferries and massive grain and chemical ships.
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