1. steamboats - Noun
2. steamboats - Adjective
steamboats (not comparable)
(UK, Ireland, slang) Drunk; intoxicated.
steamboats
plural of steamboat
After sales in New Orleans, steamboats operating on the Mississippi transported slaves upstream to markets or plantation destinations at Natchez and Memphis. Source: Internet
Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Department of the Environment, Ottawa. p. 88. It was even stacked like cordwood and used to fuel steamboats. Source: Internet
During the busy season there were several ferry boats and steamboats available to transport travelers to the Kansas shore where they started their travels westward. Source: Internet
It has not been opened since the early 1900s, though, when the last of the big steamboats disappeared. Source: Internet
It is located at Steamboat Landing, where steamboats from Cayuga Lake used to dock. Source: Internet
Its access by water was key to its initial development, with steamboats plying the Mississippi river. Source: Internet