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My first half means container. Not a lot of people understand my language.
It rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under its own roof. What is it?
Born in the ocean and white as snow. When I fall back to water, I disappear without a trace. What am I?
Brown I am and much admired. Many horses have I tried. Tire a horse and worry a man, tell me this riddle if you can. What am I?
In Paris but not in France the thinnest of its siblings.
I am owned by Old McDonald.