But Calvin, our poler and guide, isn't complaining.
From the guardian.co.uk
And a bi-poler needs to be on the meds for life.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
A poler with the grace of a tightrope walker stands in the back of the visitors'mokoro, or dugout canoe, and poles it through the shallow channels.
From the sacbee.com
The next day we are down among its reeds and myriad channels on the traditional mokoro, the shallow dug-out canoe propelled gondola style by a poler.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Of course, if you have a quick poler you can move out of the way in time but it's the waiting for the hippo's head to reappear that's the nerve-racking part.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
Pole horse: a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle
The person that steers the wagon on the flat car by the pole of the wagon.