wager-boat

noun

A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.

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Meanings

nounwager-boat (plural wager-boats)

plural wager-boats

  1. A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
    1 more example

    From where they sat they could get a glimpse of the main stream […]; and just then a wager-boat flashed into view, the rower—a short, stout figure—splashing badly and rolling a good deal, but working his hardest. The Rat stood up and hailed him, but Toad—for it was he—shook his head and settled sternly to his work.

    1908, Kenneth Grahame, chapter 1, in The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen
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APA

wager-boat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wager-boat

MLA

“wager-boat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wager-boat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wager-boat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wager-boat.

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