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Webster 1913 Edition
budgerow
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budg′e-row
,Noun.
[Hindi
bajrā
.] A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges.
Definition 2024
budgerow
budgerow
English
Noun
budgerow (plural budgerows)
- (now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 39:
- A double-masted houseboat of capacious dimensions, the budgerow’s hull was painted blue and grey, to match the Raskhali estate's livery […].
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 39: