boatbuilder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boatbuilder
Example Sentences
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The Wood Technology Center as it stands today is the latest chapter of a nearly centurylong history of boatbuilder and carpenter training in Seattle.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022
I donated film books from my filmmaker and actress girlfriend of almost four years, and the nautical books from my boatbuilder boyfriend who lived in a lighthouse on Long Island.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021
Christened the Meyers Manx, the vehicle was the invention of Bruce Meyers, a surfer and boatbuilder who melded old Volkswagen Beetle parts with a fiberglass body.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021
Mr Peters, a boatbuilder from Millbrook in Cornwall, was arrested after a confrontation with staff at a takeaway and taken to Charles Cross police station.
From BBC • May 26, 2016
Despite the radically lowered expectations, the Pococks were soon ensconced on the Washington campus, and Hiram Conibear began to realize that he had hired much more than a skilled boatbuilder in George Pocock.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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