wharf-boat

As I gave up the idea of seeing William Allen, I was about to go to the wharf-boat and wait there for the five o'clock boat.

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

As a boat was expected to arrive within an hour, we took leave of the many kind friends, and repaired to the wharf-boat.

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

Bill of course cleaned the crowd out, and reached the wharf-boat with a large roll of the good green stuff; but he did not keep it long, for Jack Armstrong, of Louisville, was lying there in wait for him to play casino at $50 a game.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

Bill went to the wharf-boat, and I began looking for another partner.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

In the year 1839, while at the river one day, I saw a steamer lying at the wharf-boat by the name of _Wacousta_.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

Before the war they had an old steamer fitted up as a wharf-boat and lodging-house at Baton Rouge, to accommodate people that landed late at night, or would be waiting for a boat.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

The plank was laid from the wharf-boat, and, without daring to hesitate, I walked over it.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Various

Sometimes you come to a real village, and there you generally find an old steamer doing duty for wharf-boat and hotel, in case of passengers landing at unseasonable hours of the night.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

One night we were on a boat that was putting off freight at the wharf-boat that lay at the mouth of Red River.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

At one time I was dealing red and black on the wharf-boat at the mouth of Red River, and as there were a number of Texas boys on the boat I was doing a good business.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol