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waterman
noun 5name 4
Collocations
2VERB + WATERMAN
gave
ADV.
benignly
Definitions
noun
1
A seaman, a sailor.
2
A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
3
Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
An elderly sheik shared this little ceremony with us, and afterwards benignly gave the waterman a coin and made him spurt scented water on his face and beard.
4
Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.
‘Here you are, sir,’ shouted a strange specimen of the human race, in a sackcloth coat, and apron of the same, who, with a brass label and number round his neck, looked as if he were catalogued in some collection of rarities. This was the waterman.
5
A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.
name
1
An occupational surname.
2
A place in the United States:
3
A place in the United States:
4
A place in the United States:
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An elderly sheik shared this little ceremony with us, and afterwards benignly gave the waterman a coin and made him spurt scented water on his face and beard.
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‘Here you are, sir,’ shouted a strange specimen of the human race, in a sackcloth coat, and apron of the same, who, with a brass label and number round his neck, looked as if he were catalogued in som
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