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- noun a large
wheel fitted with thickslats , turned by an engine and used to propel aboat - noun the name for a boat
propelled by a paddlewheel
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Examples
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In the 1810s, soon after giant paddlewheel boats began carting passengers along the rivers that ran from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati to St. Louis, Memphis, through the Mississippi Delta, and all the way down to New Orleans, white entertainers imitating black songs and dances became a common sight on the streets of major cities.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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It literally bored through the swarm, batting aside zikki like fish caught in a paddlewheel.
Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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From the wreck of the paddlewheel steamer, the Winfield Scott, which ran aground on the island in 1853, while making the San Francisco to Panama run with a load of gold prospectors and rats aboard.
T.C. Boyle: Taking Flight T.C. Boyle 2011
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Getty Images June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a paddlewheel passenger steamer, caught fire while carrying passengers to a church picnic on Long Island.
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From the wreck of the paddlewheel steamer, the Winfield Scott, which ran aground on the island in 1853, while making the San Francisco to Panama run with a load of gold prospectors and rats aboard.
T.C. Boyle: Taking Flight T.C. Boyle 2011
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Meanwhile, a giant paddlewheel that rose all the way up to the sixth deck anchored the back of the vessel.
Venom Jennifer Estep 2010
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We had a blast day and night, interspersing our gambling exploits with a paddlewheel cruise of Lake Tahoe on the M.S. Dixie and a walking tour of cowboy-town-turned-tourist-tease Virginia City.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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A small pilothouse stood aft, and a paddlewheel at the stern with a cowl on which crewmen were inclined to drape themselves in calm weather.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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Karkinnen is brilliant, cute as a button, and makes paddlewheel-boat whistle sounds during sex.
Book review of John Sandford's "Storm Prey" Richard Lipez 2010
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We had a blast day and night, interspersing our gambling exploits with a paddlewheel cruise of Lake Tahoe on the M.S. Dixie and a walking tour of cowboy-town-turned-tourist-tease Virginia City.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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