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Bumboat

Bumboat Meaning & Definition
Bumboat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bumboat?

[n] a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor

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Bumboat In Webster's Dictionary

\Bum"boat`\, n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat.] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

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