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    waterman


    1. I rented a local historic skipjack – a kind of boat that had been used on the Chesapeake Bay for over 100 years by waterman engaging in hunting for oysters, and wrote a blog post about it being one of the events happening at the conference


    2. He knew that his brother was a master waterman who would never panic in the ocean, under any circumstance, and he also knew that Zeke would never let Steve drown without first risking his own life trying to save him


    3. The grey haired waterman felt fifteen years of anguish melt away from his heart as he heard the softly spoken words,


    4. He noticed a Waterman fountain pen, black with gold trim, lying across a piece of paper with notes scribbled in a steady but quick hand that certainly did not deserve any award for penmanship


    5. There was a silver Waterman fountain pen and a silver card case, but there was nothing of interest in the contents that had been taken from Graisco’s body


    6. The lease holder, an ex serviceman named Eric Waterman, insisted he’d had only telephone contact with the owners in the last two weeks and nothing for a week


    7. Waterman objected strongly to the intrusion by the police, but despite that a systematic search of the house and fourteen motel cabins was in progress, with little of significance to report at this early stage


    8. “I already know, Mr Waterman


    9. Waterman showed contempt as he replied


    10. The two men were still standing on the forecourt and Waterman, whose temperament had noticeably cooled, gestured towards the reception area

    11. The detective took the seat offered in the comfortably furnished office while Waterman withdrew to a rear room leaving him alone with a pot of coffee that had made a timely appearance from the kitchen


    12. Waterman said nothing while he poured and added sugar and cream then reached into a drawer of his desk and threw a loaded key ring onto his desk pad


    13. Out of the car, he crossed the forecourt with quickened stride and returned to where Eric Waterman was still seated in his office drinking coffee


    14. Waterman seemed surprised, but was quick with the information


    15. Waterman, and then turned onto the walkway of a large, red brick house


    16. "I have thought it over again and again," said Herbert, "and I think I know a better course than taking a Thames waterman


    17. Nothing more was zeed or heard o' Retty till the waterman, on his way home, noticed something by the Great Pool; 'twas her bonnet and shawl packed up


    18. He patted his pants—“Now where did I put that pen?”—and then, with the sly flourish of a magician, brought out a silver one, like a Waterman Mercer had once had


    19. Witness is terminally self-involved, the Waterman would write


    20. Then the Waterman tapped the pad, and Pulaski looked up, a summary glance

    21. After Mercer came back from a coffee run one day to find his Waterman pen missing—it had been a graduation gift from his mother—distraction shaded over toward paranoia


    22. He went in front of Raoul, seeking his road, stopping abruptly when he was afraid of meeting some waterman


    23. is too clever a waterman


    24. As we came closer and closer to the Great City of London, my Heart beat faster and faster; and, in truth, ’twas easy enough to tell we were approaching the Metropolis, for the Thames became a Sea of Masts, and the whole Surface of the River was cover’d with Barges, Wherries, Boats of divers Sizes, with grizzly old Tritons rowing, and shouts of “Next Oars!” and “Skullers!” echoing in our Ears, and such a Volley of Bad Language from the Boatmen that ’twas amazing my Ears did not turn red for Shame owing to the Indignities that enter’d there! Whoe’er would ride in a hir’d Barge had no Choyce but to submit to the Language of the Rogues who rul’d the River, and I o’erheard many Arguments about Rates betwixt the Watermen and their “Bargees”—and not once but sev’ral Times did my Ears hear a Waterman shout, “Ye niggardly Sons of Bitches!” as he attempted to o’erturn his Customers into the Water because they refus’d sufficiently to grease his Palm


    25. But I had more upon my Mind than my own Safety; and tho’ ’twas not my Custom to shoot the Bridge—like most, I disembarqued in Upper Thames Street, then rejoin’d my Waterman at Billingsgate—upon this Occasion, I sneer’d at the other Passengers’ Scruples and sail’d straight thro’ with my Hair flying and my Heart pounding, whilst Susannah clung to me in Fear, crossing herself when she dar’d let go of me, and mutt’ring of Angels in Heaven


    26. Our waterman, the convict Roman, kept his eyes on the beast with a stupid sort of satisfaction


    27. , says: "I find the Waterman "Ideal Pen" the very best of all the Fountain Pens that have been upon the market during the past thirty-five years


    28. Waterman four years


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    Synonyms for "waterman"

    boater boatman waterman

    "waterman" definitions

    someone who drives or rides in a boat