Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who rows a wherry.
Etymologies
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Examples
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For that matter, not only have I never handled the coin needed to hire a wherryman, I have no idea where to lay my hands on it.
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As we hasten toward the High Street and from there to the wherryman who will return us to the Whitehall steps, I question my companions.
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Instead, an unnatural stillness hangs over us, broken only by the thrust of the oars as the wherryman glides us out onto the dark river.
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“Indeed,” Walsingham agrees, and turns to lead the way back to where we must hope that the wherryman, well bribed, awaits.
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Anything that can float is on the water with every wherryman blessed with a full load, all eager to escort my royal barge upriver to Westminster Abbey.
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At my command, the wherryman bends his back to the oars.
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For that matter, not only have I never handled the coin needed to hire a wherryman, I have no idea where to lay my hands on it.
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“Indeed,” Walsingham agrees, and turns to lead the way back to where we must hope that the wherryman, well bribed, awaits.
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As we hasten toward the High Street and from there to the wherryman who will return us to the Whitehall steps, I question my companions.
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My heart is pounding, my breath coming in gasps, when we near the bridge and—thanks be to God—find the well-bought wherryman just where we left him.
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