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bumboat Definition

bum·boat (bumbōt′)

noun

a small boat used in a port or anchorage to peddle goods to ships' crews

Etymology: bum + boat; orig. (17th c.), sailors' slang for garbage boat

bumboat Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • ride: Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana Around 6 were seen on the bumboat ride to Palau Ubin on the 15th.
  • man: It dates from the same sort of period as The Chinese Bumboat Man and things like that.

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