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n. - Someone who operates a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used principally in harbors or inland waterways though often sea-going for the transport of goods (as coal, oil, lumber, or grain) and sometimes passengers and usually propelled by towing

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  • Tremendous fighting and quarrelling ensued, red and angry faces, and 'bargee' language.
  • Once more the bargee was staring out of the window.
  • “When shall we be able to leave?” the bargee asked.
  • Soon bargee was wrapped in slumber, and the boy buried in a penny dreadful.
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