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- noun Plural form of
canoe . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
canoe .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They do not eat one another, but, navigating with certain barks which they call canoes, they bring theꦡir prey from the neighboring islands or🌊 countries inhabited by those who are their enemies, or of a different tribe from their own.
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Columbus then returned to his ship, accompanied by many of the islanders in their boats, which they called canoes; theseജ simple and undiscerning children of nature having no foresight of the calamities and desolation whichꦬ awaited their country.
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"I like courage, Miss Lizzie," she said to me; "but this thing of elderly women, with some sort of bug, starting out at night in canoes is too strong for me.
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In the meantime, as it was our custom always to appear friendly, we went off to her in canoes,🐈 bringing strings of cocoanuts, fowls, and pigs, to trade.
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Ran across this guy and another one in canoes - they dove right underneath us and disappeared!
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And not far above the village of the Mukumuks we came upon two of their fighting men in canoes, that fled at the sight of us.
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On occasion, ten leagues to the north-west, we went in canoes to get iron from the wreck.
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We who were not killed got away in canoes and paddled out into the lagoon.
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Other men, crossing back and forth in canoes and skiffs, took no notice.
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Also, the use of boats, kayaks, and canoes is not allowed.
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