1) Boat 2) Boat type
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A bumboat is a small boat used to ferry supplies to ships moored away from the shore. Originally referring to a scavenger`s boat, the name comes from the combination of the Dutch word for a canoe—`boomschuit` (`boom` meaning `tree`), and `boat`. In Tobias Smollett`s 1748 novel The Adventures of Roderick Random, a `bumboat woman` cond...
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A private boat selling goods.
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A private boat selling goods.
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small boat used in harbours to carry provisions
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• (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
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Bum'boat` noun [ From
bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or from Dutch
bun a box for holding fish in a boat.]
(Nautical) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
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A private boat selling goods.
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n] - a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
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noun a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
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a boat used in peddling provisions and small wares among vessels lying in port or offshore.
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