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What is a towboat?

What is a towboat? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) a tugboat
  2. (nautical) a squat powerful boat designed to push barges
  3. A vessel constructed for being towed, such as a canal boat.
  4. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
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That towboat tailed us just the same, but we had the satisfaction of fooling him.
In Ingram, the Tax Court held that a towboat operator could currently deduct the costs of cyclical towboat engine maintenance.
Astern was the towboat Crucible making her way into the lock with a steel boat in tow.
A little before six o'clock, we were casting plugs about a mile above St. Anthony Falls when the Patrick Gannaway, a towboat, came chugging upriver with two barges.
The organization has grown to include 10 full-time employees and a fleet of four barges, a towboat, six workboats, two skid steers, five work trucks, and a large box truck.
I wouldn't let the ship be held up by anybody, least of all a towboat man.

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