bargee

British  

/ bɑːˈdʒiː, ˈbɑːdʒmən /

noun

1. a person employed on or in charge of a barge

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Example Sentences

Suddenly one bargee shook his fist: "It's that lazy bum Walker," the bargee said, "now he's back!"

From Time Magazine Archive

They had no youngsters with them then of any description, bargee was positive; just the man and woman by themselves.

From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Arthur, Frances Browne

It was in the midst of a sore-hearted loneliness that I encountered Gavin, who, to the best of my belief, was the son of a bargee who worked on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal.

From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie

"I should just think so," Peter said; "the bargee at Eton would be nothing to it."

From The Young Buglers by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

In a recent case a Hull bargee gave his name as Alfaina Swash.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 by Seaman, Owen, Sir