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Meanings of light skiff in English

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Usage of light skiff in English
1
He, rowing a light skiff and I paddling a still lighter canoe.
Woodcraft
2
The colonel had one, a rather light skiff, he told me.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
3
Another overhand stroke, and he just missed the wobbling stern of the light skiff.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
4
They saw him hand her into the light skiff and hurriedly kiss her good-night.
From the Ranks
5
They have started across with him in a light skiff--fourmen and a captain.
The Crisis — Volume 05
6
Around the ledge of rock came a light skiff.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the...
7
There was a light skiff attached to the large flat-bottomed boat in which they had ascended the river.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
8
I often long for a light skiff, in which I might skim over the surface of the water.'
Swiss Family Robinson
9
But with two pairs of oars in a trim light skiff, it was impossible to come up with them.
Wake-Robin
10
At this point, a light skiff was moving leisurely along in their own direction, but a short distance in advance.
Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
11
I went of course in a boat, a light skiff, such as is commonly used by the inhabitants of these parts.
The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
12
A light skiff of snow covered the service strip and the dividers as Car 56 swung back westward in the red lane.
Code Three
13
The boys kept a light skiff tied to the float and in this way they used to row out to the sailboat.
Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island
14
She arrived on a light skiff at what, planetside, would be an indecent hour, but Jordan was still awake to meet her.
Edge of Infinity
15
While thus thinking, Mr. Gilder had stepped into a light skiff that was moored near the boom, and was pulling towards the stranded raft.
Raftmates: A Story of the Great River
16
It happened late one night, that Yan Yost Vanderscamp was returning across the broad bay, in his light skiff, rowed by his man Pluto.
Wolfert's Roost, and Miscellanies
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