gondolier

[ UK /ɡˈɒndəliɐ/ ]
[ US /ˌɡɑndəˈɫɪɹ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
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How To Use gondolier In A Sentence

  • The gondolier is a picturesque rascal for all he wears no satin harness, no plumed bonnet, no silken tights. The Innocents Abroad
  • We admired the Basilica, explored interesting side streets and leaned over bridges to watch stately gondoliers bend effortlessly as they passed underneath.
  • The gondoliers, chanting for a fare as they stood at the foot of the bridge in contra posto poses. Campo San Vidal
  • Irit spoke again in Italian and their gondolier moved them quickly away from the landing. FLASH POINT
  • I do nod know _any_ nah-ice gondolier -- zey are oal -- I dell you, if you lif viz zem ade mons as me, you cot your troat -- yes! Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892
  • It was thought the picture, which shows gondoliers and sailors at work in 18th century Venice, was a copy by an imitator or student of the artist and had been valued at no more than £5,000.
  • When the narrator sees her being poled around her swimming pool by a niece impersonating a gondolier, we may be reminded that hers is not the first Venice imported to Southern California.
  • The Canadian pair, who have been dating for over a year, cuddled up on a heart-shaped seat while they were serenaded by the gondolier.
  • Sometimes gondoliers and sailors in costume were hired to ply the waters of the Grand Canal while musicians played on shore.
  • &c. One day, he called a gondolier, desiring that he might be carried to the church of a certain saint. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
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