tugboat

Noun

Meaning

See Tug, n., 3.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Manhattan. Sometimes from beyond the skyscrapers, across of thousands of high walls, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia in the middle of the night, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island. Albert Camus

The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor. Edward St Aubyn

Forbes and company were picked up by the Livingstone and its crew radioed for more help, which included the tugboat Iowa. Source: Internet

The largest part of the floating boardwalk was safely guided under the bridge by a tugboat and past other infrastructure before being safely secured. Source: Internet

Bradley said DHEC officials do not believe the sheen on the May River was linked to the tugboat because it was too far away from the site. Source: Internet

In 1891 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company delivered its first ship, the tugboat Dorothy. Source: Internet

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