Definition of "bargees" [bargees]

• Plural form of bargee. (noun)

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• "Your wife smiles for the first time these ten days; you pass by plantations of ship-masts, and forests of steam-chimneys; the sailors are singing on board the ships, the bargees salute you with oaths, grins, and phrases facetious and familiar; the man on the paddle-box roars, “Ease her, stop her!” which mysterious words a shrill voice from below repeats, and pipes out,"
• "This reluctance to accept the hassle of dealing with the drowned was not confined to bargees."
• "“Now then, all together, like bargees!” rose the merry voices of those who were moving the gun."