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n. - A female boat rower.

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Usage examples (11)
  • But she was not afraid of a little hard work, her muscles were supple, and she had rowed one season in the first eight at Briarwood Hall, and so considered herself something of...
  • She had thought herself a good oarswoman, but she was nothing to Olive.
  • During the summer and early fall, Sheila had become a splendid oarswoman.
  • Angela, instructed by Sir Denzil, considerably advanced her power as an oarswoman.
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