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pair-oar
[ pair-awr, -ohr ]
noun
- a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.
pair-oar
noun
- rowing a racing shell in which two oarsmen sit one behind the other and pull one oar each Also calledpair Compare double scull
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫补颈谤顎-辞补谤别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pair-oar1
First recorded in 1850鈥55
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Example Sentences
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Pair-oar races were established at Oxford in 1839.
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Sculling and pair-oar practice tend to teach watermanship.
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A pair-oar requires more practice to bring it to perfection than any other boat manned by oars, but a sculler requires considerably more practice than any pair of oarsmen.
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In pair-oar rowing there is needed a je-ne-sais-quoi sort of mutual concession of style.
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More than one master of oarsmanship has declared that good pair-oar rowing is the acme of oarsmanship.
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