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gondola 1. a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice 2. a. a car or cabin suspended from an airship or balloon b. a moving cabin suspended from a cable across a valley, etc. 3. a flat-bottomed barge used on canals and rivers of the US as far west as the Mississippi 4. US and Canadian a low open flat-bottomed railway goods wagon 5. a set of island shelves in a self-service shop: used for displaying goods How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Towards six o'clock his gondola took him back, with another fine appetite, to meet some travelling acquaintances with whom he had engaged to dine at the table d'hote. The gondola stopped, the old palace was there; it was a house of the class which in Venice carries even in extreme dilapidation the dignified name. Gondola after gondola swept up to the marble steps, and left its lovely load to swell the brilliant throng that filled the stately halls of Count Adelon. |
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