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We rode a steamer down the Mississippi.
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In between dry cleaner drop-offs, use a steamer to de-wrinkle your suit.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
Some children, who arrived swimming, clambered onto the rudders of the passing steamers.
—Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
The Closet Adam Selman made the garment bags and covered the steamer with gingham.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 15 July 2025
The wooden steamer was constructed in Berlin in 1865 but later caught on fire and sank near the St. Paul Railroad slip in Oshkosh, the historical society said, adding that research into the Fox River wrecks is ongoing.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
Some children, who arrived swimming, clambered onto the rudders of the passing steamers.
—Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
The Closet Adam Selman made the garment bags and covered the steamer with gingham.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 15 July 2025
The wooden steamer was constructed in Berlin in 1865 but later caught on fire and sank near the St. Paul Railroad slip in Oshkosh, the historical society said, adding that research into the Fox River wrecks is ongoing.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 14 July 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamer. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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steamer
noun
steam·er
ˈstē-mər 
1
: a container in which something is steamed
2
a
: a ship driven by steam
b
: an engine, machine, or vehicle run by steam
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