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bum·boat (bum′bōt′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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