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61paddle wheel — paddle wheel, adj. a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly. [1675 85] * * * ▪ ship part method of ship propulsion that was once widely employed but is now almost entirely… …
62paddle-wheel — (n.) also paddlewheel, 1805, from PADDLE (Cf. paddle) (n.) + WHEEL (Cf. wheel) (n.) …
63paddle boat — paddle boats N COUNT A paddle boat or a paddle steamer is a large boat that is pushed through the water by the movement of large wheels that are attached to its sides …
64paddle steamer — (also paddle boat) ► NOUN ▪ a boat powered by steam and propelled by paddle wheels …
65Paddle doll — is the earliest form of toy documented. Several types have been discovered in tombs in Egypt. They are all made of flat wood, and usually painted with a pattern of lines dots. Some have hair composed of strings of mud and faience beads,… …
66paddle ball — ☆ paddle ball n. a game similar to handball, but played with a short handled, perforated paddle * * * …
67paddle-wheeler — [pad lhwēl΄ər, pad′ lwēl΄ər] n. a steamboat propelled by a paddle wheel * * * …
68paddle steamer — paddle .steamer also paddle boat n BrE a large old fashioned boat that moves by using steam to drive a large wheel attached to the side …
69paddle your own canoe — paddle (your) own canoe informal to be independent and not need help from anyone else. We hoped that after he left college he d paddle his own canoe …
70paddle own canoe — paddle (your) own canoe informal to be independent and not need help from anyone else. We hoped that after he left college he d paddle his own canoe …
