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  • n  a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
  • n  someone who drives or rides in a boat

  • Fred Astaire may be God's best human design for a serious hat (or for something more problematic, like the straw boater).
  • This will have been the last year where the only costumes you see are one guy wearing a straw boater and a middle-aged drag queen dressed as a cheerleader in cowboy boots.
  • And the most enthusiastic and skilled swift-boater so far--George Bush the Elder, who built his campaign against Michael Dukakis around the Pledge of Allegiance and a furloughed .
News & Articles

  • Boater rescued while swimming in Iowa lake
    A boater was rescued from Clear Lake after he grew exhausted while swimming to his children.
    June 17, 2013 - KTIV Sioux City
  • Boater rescued while swimming in Clear Lake
    A boater was rescued from Clear Lake after he grew exhausted while swimming to his children.
    June 16, 2013 - The Des Moines Register
  • Boater rescued from Clear Lake
    CLEAR LAKE, Iowa --- A boater was rescued from Clear Lake after becoming exhausted swimming to his children who were tubing behind the boat early Saturday evening.
    June 16, 2013 - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Quotes

  • Harry Benson in AFP
    I turned around and there was a girl with a straw boater on and she screamed. And there was Bobby, just falling to the floor in slow motion,Benson recalled. "And I remember thinking 'This is what you came in the business for. Don't fail....
  • Larry Moore in Roanoke Times
    The boater was clearly exhausted from trying to right the sailboat and was bleeding from a deep gash on his leg,Moore reported. "The Merewolf crew tossed a line to the boater who attached it to the turtled sailboat. After bringing the...
  • David Zimmer in NorthernLife.ca
    No family should have to endure the loss of a loved one due to an impaired boater,said Zimmer. "This bill is about giving law enforcement authorities the tools to effectively address this problem."

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