Citations:down-river

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English citations of down-river

Adjective: "Alternative form of downriver."[edit]

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  • 1877, R. Elton Smile, chapter 2, in The Manatitlans; Or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S.A.‎[1], page 20:
    Expecting to be taken aback with a sharp squall we kept our eyes well to the wind'ard, for you see on this river with cannibals on the lookout and no vessels there was no chance of skulking on shore for a down-river craft.
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