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nouna vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam. Origin of paddle steamerFirst recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby paddle steamerpaddleboard, paddleboat, paddle box, paddlefish, paddle one's own canoe, paddle steamer, paddle tennis, paddle wheel, paddle worm, paddock, paddock-basher Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for paddle steamerShe is somewhat of a semi-twin type, one-third wider than the ordinary sailing ship, but not so wide as a paddle-steamer. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.|Various Perhaps in a boat at the mouth of the Rion, listening for the mill-wheels of a paddle-steamer to grind the slow grit of distance. All the power expended in the production of this great stream is, in the case of the paddle-steamer, entirely lost. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston The remainder sailed on board the paddle-steamer London, a vessel quite as unsuited for the purpose as the Melazzo. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo|W. Cope Devereux
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