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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ferry boats" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to boats specifically designed to carry passengers, vehicles, or goods across a body of water.
Example: "The ferry boats operate regularly between the island and the mainland, providing essential transportation for residents and tourists."
Alternatives: "ferry vessels" or "passenger ferries".
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ferry boats
noun
Plural of ferry boat
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People who do puzzles on ferry boats make peace with not knowing.
Ferry boats sailing from the city's port of Pireaus were bereft of passengers.
They went to Seamen's Church, then counted how many ferry boats shuttle back and forth to Staten Island.
There's a better way to handle it than turning this beautiful marina into the Grand Central of ferry boats".
The ferry boats connecting New Jersey and Manhattan look like gliding steam irons, their wakes trails of white.
The New Yorker, May 8 , 1926 P. 54Ferry boats: the ancients of Manhattan - God help them all.
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It's a converted ferry boat.
There is also free transportation between Pier 40 and Pier 84: by ferry boat, of course.
By Robert M. Coates The New Yorker, September 21 , 1935P. 25 PROFILE of Hilary Turner, ferry boat captain.
Cargo ships and a ferry boat glide across a glassy river; cows lap at the banks.
Describes how the captain, who was a businessman, became a ferry boat operator.
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