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skow

  • n  any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
  • n  a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold

  • Out to sea nightly are tugged municipal scows bearing tons tons of New York City's garbage.
  • Vicissitudes carry them to live on a scow near a Brooklyn dump heap.
  • For three weeks tough, scow-prowed Joe Curran, president of the National Maritime Union and once a loyal follower of the Communist line, had been fighting the Commies at the.
News & Articles

  • A mission for the fallen
    Chincoteague native Barry Abell stands by the scow he hand-built based on old plans and designs of legendary Chincoteague boat builders. Abell has donated the scow to be raffled off to raise funds for a life-size bronze waterman's memorial to be erected in Reed Park on the Chincoteague waterfront.
    June 15, 2013 - Delaware Coast Press
Quotes

  • Aquilino Pimentel Jr in Manila Bulletin
    Pimentel accused Enrile of being biased "as judge in the SCOW (Senate Committee of the Whole) because he refused to heed the arguments of the opposition during the SCOW hearings. Moreover, Senator Enrile's credibility as a witness is tainted by past...

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