Definition of "bargee" [bar•gee]

• Chiefly British A bargeman. (noun)

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• "“Have you broken down, the Providence?” called another bargee, whose boat passed so close that his head could be seen gliding past, level with the hatchway."
• "The bargee was a strongly-built, stupid, healthy-looking young man, of some twenty-three years old, who, from being slow of passion was all the more terrible when aroused."
• "Tremendous fighting and quarrelling ensued, red and angry faces, and 'bargee' language."