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riverman
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a man who spends much of his life working on a river as a boatman, canoeman, etc. and is therefore knowledgeable about its ways.
Quotations
1912
The paddles supplied with our boat were an insult to a riverman, and the little camp-stools on which we were supposed to sit were not only useless, but positively dangerous in broken water.
1966
The plaque on the memorial will read: "In memory of Tom Parris--riverman, woodsman, natural philosopher and friend of the people of Oxtongue Lake."
2n. — Lumbering
a man who takes part in the process of floating or driving logs.
See: driver(def. 1)
Quotations
1903
. . . a riverman and spiked boot and a saw-log can do more work than an ordinary man with a rowboat.
1966
[Caption] Rivermen keep the flow of logs moving downstream during logging drive down the Loup river north of Joliette, Que.
3n. — Lab.
a man who lives along a river, trapping, fishing, etc.
Quotations
1933
The old rivermen always wash their hands before they mix bread. . . .