Waterman

(n.) A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.

(n.) An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.

(n.) A water demon.

手打:维罗妮卡

• He means to tell us, that a horrid female waterman is graceful! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This was the waterman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• With a view to their rational and moral enjoyment, Brother Mordlin had adapted the beautiful words of 'Who hasn't heard of a Jolly Young Waterman? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Only a bob's vorth, Tommy,' cried the driver sulkily, for the information of his friend the waterman, as the cab drove off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Similar emotion was undergone by my own father when promoted for his merits from his occupation as a waterman to a situation under Government. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The sisterhood, the maidens, flocking round the young waterman, and urging him along the stream of duty and of temperance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I have thought it over again and again, said Herbert, and I think I know a better course than taking a Thames waterman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But, excuse me,' says Podsnap, with his temper and his shirt-collar about equally rumpled; 'was this young woman ever a female waterman? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The coachman instantly drove off as soon as he had got his fare: the watermen commenced a struggle for me and my trunk. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• At that time, the steam-traffic on the Thames was far below its present extent, and watermen's boats were far more numerous. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The Brick Lane Branch brothers were watermen (cheers and laughter). 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We are both good watermen, Handel, and could take him down the river ourselves when the right time comes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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