Meanings of boatwoman in English

Had we come earlier, the boatwoman says, we should have seen many more.

John is no match for a Canton boatwoman on water, whatever he may be on land.

The boatwoman at first declares that the rapping was made only for the sake of the singular echo.

It is a very common sight to see a boatwoman rowing the boat, with her baby strapped on her back.

And as if to conjure away my temptation, the boatwoman again seizes her little stone and raps fearfully upon the bow.

Nevertheless the boatwoman and the boatman do not seem anxious; and I begin to wonder whether the famous prohibition is not a myth.

At the haven of Coulon,(1) near Nyort, there lived a boatwoman who, day or night, did nothing but convey passengers across the ferry.

You would make very bad boatwomen.

The boatwomen sprawled upon their seats opposite their strong-wristed males, and contemplated with contempt the dinner hunters prowling about the island.

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They killed by the sight like basilisks; a chance view of one of those boatwomen was a crime to be wiped out with blood.