The party boat is what we called the pontoon boat. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It could very well have been "pontoon" on a different day. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
Other games are "crown and anchor", which is a dice game, and "pontoon", which is a card game similar to "twenty-one" or "seven and a half.". From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
Huge industrial cranes lifted the 120-year-old vessel from the slipway on Lowestoft's north quay on to the 50m long pontoon which is going to support the ship for years to come. From Wordnik.com. [EDP24 News] Reference
Hardee would have a pontoon-bridge across the river. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Monroe for a pontoon-bridge on which to make the crossing. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
On the morning of the 11th we crossed the pontoon-bridge at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
A pontoon-bridge had been thrown across the Tennessee River at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He had already ordered his pontoon-bridge to be laid across the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Corps, which laid its pontoon-bridge and crossed over during the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
A pontoon-bridge was also built at the same time over Chickamanga. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
At the same time I caused two pontoon-bridges to be laid across the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
For the passage of rivers, each army corps had a pontoon-train with. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
This was speedily fortified, while a detail was laying the pontoon bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Chattahoochee, covering the railroad-crossing and his several pontoon-bridges. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Blair was ordered to join him there with the pontoon train as early as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
This flood delayed our departure two weeks; for it swept away our pontoon-bridge at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He could only wait for the waters to subside or for time to improvise a pontoon bridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
If there is a point below City Point where a pontoon bridge can be thrown, have it laid. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
A pontoon-bridge was at once begun, finished by night, and the troops began the passage. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Preparations were at once commenced for laying the pontoon bridges and crossing the river. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Hop aboard a pontoon boat for a close-up look at sea otters, peregrine falcons and sea lions. From Wordnik.com. [FAMILY TRAVEL: WHERE WILD THINGS ROAM] Reference
He then showed me a newspaper account of General Davis taking up his pontoon-bridge across Ebenezer. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Sherman reached Bridgeport about noon of the 17th and found Blair with the pontoon train already there. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Approaching from the south and west, we crossed the Holston on a pontoon bridge, and in a large pen on the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
WEEKDAY BOAT RIDES Join a park naturalist for a historical tour of the Anacostia River on a 40-seat pontoon. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and entertainment calendar for Southern Maryland] Reference
Early designs show a wind-driven turbine mounted on a trimaran-shaped pontoon, rising 35 meters above the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Sky High] Reference
On the whole, I would prefer the skeleton frame and canvas cover to any style of pontoon that I have ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Ocmulgee at Planters 'Factory, which they crossed, by the aid of the pontoon-train, during the 18th and 19th of November. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
MOUNT CALVERT OPEN HOUSE, register by Friday for food, music, a ride on a pontoon and a talk by "riverkeeper" Fred Tutman. From Wordnik.com. [Prince George's County community calendar, Aug.5-12, 2010] Reference
This, if my memory serves me correctly, broke through the only pontoon bridge we had in all our march across the peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
This column took their pontoon bridges with them, to enable them to cross over to the island south of the city of Wilmington. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
C. Davis was ordered to march at once by the pontoon-bridge across C.ickamauga C.eek, at its mouth, and push forward for the depot. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Ms. COPELAND: But it was, took a ferry to the highway, and I drove to a pontoon plane, took a plane to a taxi, and a taxi to a train. From Wordnik.com. [Shemekia Copeland: The Joy Of Singing Blues] Reference
I walked up the pontoon under the monsoon rain, the speedboats and fishing boats on either side the only witnesses to my somber catwalk. From Wordnik.com. [Grown Man Cries] Reference
State officials also said they see cases of illegal bow riding on many types of vessels, especially pontoon boats and small fishing boats. From Wordnik.com. [Coast Guard to watch for bow riding] Reference
The noon sun is hot and the air astringent, and except for the occasional drone of a pontoon airplane taking off from Deer Harbor, the sound is silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Macphersons: Week 53: Deceived?] Reference
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