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bargeman n.〔英國〕駁船[游船]船夫。 a lucky barg...

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Dignam laid in clay of an apoplexy and after hard drought , please god , rained , a bargeman coming in by water a fifty mile or thereabout with turf saying the seed won t sprout , fields athirst , very sadcoloured and stunk mightily , the quags and tofts too 葬于地下。久旱之后,天降喜雨。一名運泥炭約航行五十英里水路之船夫曰: “種子無從萌芽,田野涸竭,色極暗淡,惡臭沖天,沼地與小丘亦如是矣。 ”

The jolly bargemen might take it as a compliment . 三船酒家說不定還會當作一件體面事呢。