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bumboat
(bum′bōt′)
noun
a small boat used in a port or anchorage to peddle goods to ships' crews
Origin: bum + boat; orig. (17th c.), sailors' slang for garbage boat
See bumboat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A small boat used to peddle provisions to ships anchored offshore.
Origin:
Origin: Probably partial translation of Low German bumboot, ship's boat
Origin: , partial translation of Dutch dialectal bomschuit, small fishing boat
Origin: : bom, ship's bottom (from Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch)
Origin: + schuit, ship
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