They had a pretty fast skiff which was just like a rowing boat with outboard engines fitted. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
That 14 foot flat skiff is not very different from my boat. From Wordnik.com. [Anybody build their own boats?] Reference
The boat, which I judged a small skiff from the quick stroke of the oars, was landing in the mud about fifty yards up the beach. From Wordnik.com. [Yellow Handkerchief] Reference
The “little” guy with the skiff is still going to be feeding his family with the money he makes from the big EVIL businessman. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
Beside the skiff was a red canoe, beached and lying on its starboard side. From Wordnik.com. [Spider Bones] Reference
The little boat, which I shall henceforward call the skiff, was fastened by a painter to our stern. From Wordnik.com. [Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete] Reference
The skiff was a hundred yards out on the glassy sea when Crump spoke cunningly, "I knowed something ----". From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
It's sort of a competition between who has the biggest skiff, which is a sound - an eavesdropping-proof building. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
I lost no time in calling a skiff alongside; then, shaking the dust from off my feet, I was soon pulling away for the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
The skiff, which is always perverse, is pounding against the barnacles on the piles which threaten to scrape its gunwale off. From Wordnik.com. [A Collection of Stories] Reference
The Glen-L Console skiff is a neat boat. From Wordnik.com. [Want a Boat? Build Your Own] Reference
Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K Jerome J and his two friends, plus Montmorency the dog, "skiff" up the Thames to Oxford. From Wordnik.com. [Ten of the best examples of rowing in literature] Reference
Master's "skiff" or "gig," of whose existence and necessity there are numerous proofs. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete] Reference
The "skiff," as they whimsically termed the steamboat's great, clumsy tender -- its official name of. From Wordnik.com. [Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest] Reference
He remembered the "skiff" that belonged to young Cale, salvaged some years before on the abatement of a February flood. From Wordnik.com. [Quill's Window] Reference
An hour later the little skiff was launched once more. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
They headed the light skiff directly for Bliss Island. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Navy ship, which blew apart the tiny skiff they were on. From Wordnik.com. [Who's a Pirate? In Court, A Duel Over Definitions] Reference
As the skiff went over the gunwale, the Parson cried. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The little skiff whirled in the water almost in a semi-circle. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
In that skiff he went to sea all the winter, and all the summer. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
Madge stood up in the skiff and waved her hand to their chaperon. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Tania crouched quietly at Lillian's feet in the stern of the skiff. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Phil made a flying leap from the skiff that held her to the one in which. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Madge looked at him beseechingly just before they arrived at their skiff. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"Of course it must have been the girl Ruth said came ashore in that skiff.". From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
"It's simple," says Juan Rodriguez, 43, who captains a tourist skiff in Baja. From Wordnik.com. [Beware Of The Humans] Reference
He secured the skiff near a public pier, and started on foot for his destination. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Ruth looked at the skiff drawn up on the shore, and then up into the grove of trees. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
We were about to cast off in her skiff when two merchant marines showed up on the pier. From Wordnik.com. [Things I Should Have Done - #2] Reference
Here was Alfy tied to the boat, and labouring with bound wrists to work the skiff along. From Wordnik.com. [The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks] Reference
"Yes, for mine isn't much account," remarked Mollie, who owned a small skiff on the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
The skiff was forced, broadside on, against the lock gates, and was splintered like firewood. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
In better days, Brent Ballay would have a couple of sport fishermen onboard his 23-foot skiff. From Wordnik.com. [Booms Delay The Inevitable; Cleanup Efforts Struggle] Reference
Used to some extent in slack cooperage, for skiff - and boatbuilding, fencing, posts, sills, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
"What are you trying to do, yourself?" retorted a man, who was sitting in the stern of the skiff. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Patrol] Reference
Civil got an old skiff which one of the fishermen was going to break up for firewood, and cobbled it up for himself. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
She caught a glimpse of another boat pulled up on the beach -- the skiff they had earlier seen rounding the point of the island. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
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