scow-banker

A manager of a scow. Also, a contemptuous term for a lubberly fellow.

← scow × scowring →

Scow
·vt To transport in a scow. II. Scow ·noun A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
scow
(Dutch, schouw.) A large flat-bottomed boat, generally used as a ferry boat, or as a lighter for loa...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
scow
A large flat-bottomed boat, used either as a lighter, or for ferrying. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Banker
·noun A money changer. II. Banker ·noun A ditcher; a drain digger. III. Banker ·noun The stone ben...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
banker
n. a river full up to the top of thebanks. Compare Shakspeare: «Like a proud river, peering o'erhis...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
banker
A vessel employed in fishing on the banks of Newfoundland. "There were employed in the fisheries 123...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
banker
A vessel employed in the deep-sea cod-fishery on the great banks of Newfoundland. Also, a man who wo...

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