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SAMPAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sampan mean?
• SAMPAN (noun)
The noun SAMPAN has 1 sense:
1. an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars
Familiarity information: SAMPAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sampan" is a kind of...):
skiff (any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor)
Context examples
An’ as he was a-gettin’ under way, didn’t the fond husbands get left astern-like in their sampan, as it might be by accident?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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