bargeman

Definitions

1. A member of the crew of a barge.
2. A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
3. A large white grub that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.
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Examples

“Though Hambleden's parish register⟳ records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock⟳', the turbulent waters of Mill End⟳ weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract⟳ canoeists.”

“Laurie still has Sam's work⟳ log⟳ from 1919–1934, a fifty-page volume documenting Sam's day-to-day experiences and serves well to show⟳ the kind of working conditions an Ouse bargeman endured in the 1920s.”

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