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How to pronounce wherry in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms norfolk wherry
Type of hoy, flatboat, barge, lighter
Type Words
Type of dinghy, dory, rowboat

Examples of wherry

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Wherry, who started for three years for the Wolves, put up some impressive numbers.
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Wherry met with Minnesota's general manager in Minneapolis to complete the paperwork.
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Wherry says her client knows the sale of this kind of trophy real estate can take a while.
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Wherry was one of two Northern State athletes to be drafted into the National Football League.
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Wherry concluded that the sufficiency of the newspaper's physical plant was largely irrelevant.
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Wherry had a two-run double in the first inning and a leadoff double to set up a run in the fourth.
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Wherry, a great producer, had the bass cranking so hard that this reviewer had to move back to the stands.
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Wherry has been through three deployments.
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Wherry could play linebacker in college.
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More examples
  • Sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
  • Light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
  • A wherry (meaning "boat") is type of boat that was traditionally used for carrying cargo or passengers on rivers and canals in England, and is particularly associated with the River Thames. Passenger wherries evolved into the Thames skiff, a gentleman's rowing boat. ...
  • A light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways; A flat-bottomed vessel previously employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats; A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted
  • (30. wherries) A light, swift rowboat built for one person; here used as a verb "to be wherried" (taken by boat).
  • The name given to the sailing vessels which traded over the rivers of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.
  • A small boat for rowing and sailing, usual rig a spritsail, main, and mizen, and foresail. (French "Houari.")
  • Sailing vessel that ferried goods between Norwich and the coast
  • Lightly built boat designed for comfortable rowing rather than racing or utility use.