variants
or currach
as in skiff
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Noun
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But those were mere skiffs by comparison with the general-entertainment battleships.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025 -
The Tacketts rejected the Alaska State Trooper’s conclusion that their son had fallen out of the skiff and drowned.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some adventure-seekers kayak or canoe around Isle Royale instead of backpacking.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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Rent a kayak or canoe and paddle down the Connecticut River shaded by a generous canopy of seasonal vegetation.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Irish claim centers on St Brendan, who in the sixth century is said to have sailed to America in his coracle.—
Gordon Campbell,
Time,
29 June 2021
Noun
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Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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An additional autonomous dinghy could serve as the above water collection point.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2025
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Instead, guardsmen showed up in umiaks with small outboard motors.—
Zachariah Hughes,
Anchorage Daily News,
30 Mar. 2023
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The kayak might be fun to us, but for Inuit it, and the big open umiak hunting boat, meant food or hunger, life or death.—
John Oseid,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2022
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The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
4 May 2022
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The shallop, by contrast, was meant for shallow water where larger ships couldn’t venture.—
Brian MacQuarrie,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 June 2019
Noun
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The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a startling revelation, the crew members aboard this intergalactic garbage scow turn out to be the descendants of American astronauts launched 200 years earlier during humanity's pre-warp, post-World War III days.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Chinese-style mud houses line the lake’s edge—their curved roofs reflected in still waters as wooden rowboats drift past floating lanterns.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Crossing the Pacific Ocean is a daunting task by any measure, but imagine doing it in a rowboat, completely unsupported.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Curragh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curragh. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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