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BUMBOAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bumboat mean?
• BUMBOAT (noun)
The noun BUMBOAT has 1 sense:
1. a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
Familiarity information: BUMBOAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bumboat" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Context examples
But look here, he went on, here's what I want to know, Barbecue: how long are we a-going to stand off and on like a blessed bumboat?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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