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Definition of Skiffs
1. skiff [n] - See also: skiff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skiffs
Literary usage of Skiffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peerless Alaska, Our Cache Near the Pole by Charles Hallock, George G. Cantwell (1908)
"... to burn both wood and coal, and half a dozen skiffs for trolling, the service
would be quite complete, and the passengers correspondingly happy. ..."
2. Memoirs Illustrating the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815 by Claude-François Méneval, Robert Harborough Sherard (1894)
"... and animated with the movement of boats and skiffs of elegant forms, surrounded
with shrubberies and shady avenues, offer a delightful aspect. ..."
3. Report on the Ship-building Industry of the United States by Henry Hall (1884)
"Flat-bottomed skiffs came into use along with canoes after a while, but the latter
have been built for use at the mouths of the Connecticut and ..."
4. ... A Report Upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts by David Lawrence Belding (1909)
"Number of skiffs, 28 Value of skiffs, $425 Value of implements, $75 "Little
necks": — Production. ..."
5. A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Greece: With a Map, and by John Anthony Cramer (1828)
"... in order to break his fall; a number of boatmen were also stationed below
ready to receive him in their skiffs, and if they succeeded in saving him, ..."
6. Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago by Anna Forbes (1887)
"WAAI THE RAINS THE RAJAH NATIVE skiffs FISH " MAZES " AQUEOUS LIFE DANGEROUS
CURRENTS. 1st June. RAIN has commenced in earnest, and we take rather ill with ..."
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