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bateau-man
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a man employed on a bateau, usually a skilled riverman.
Quotations
1783
The batteaux men prefer keeping over on this side, as they can follow the shore without crossing to the islands in their course.
1964
The French-Canadian bateaumen on the St. Lawrence and the lakes . . . ate raw pork and hard biscuit, which they appear to have enjoyed.
2n.
a boatman working on the scows and bateaux in the north-west.
Quotations
1938
Scarlet-clad Mounties rubbed shoulders with swarthy moccasined bateaux-men. . . .