ferryboat
noun
fer·ry·boat
ˈfer-ē-ˌbōt 
ˈfe-rē-
: a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods
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On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.
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Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Music at the Maritime, a quarterly concert series performed aboard one of the museum’s historic world-class ships, the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Guests who crossed the Hudson River on ferryboats to Liberty Island included Madonna, Queen Latifah and the entertainment executive Michael Eisner.
—Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
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Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Music at the Maritime, a quarterly concert series performed aboard one of the museum’s historic world-class ships, the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Guests who crossed the Hudson River on ferryboats to Liberty Island included Madonna, Queen Latifah and the entertainment executive Michael Eisner.
—Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
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ferryboat
noun
fer·ry·boat
ˈfer-ē-ˌbōt
: a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods
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