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sam·pan (sam′pan′)

noun

any of various small boats used in China and Japan, usually propelled with a scull from the stern, and often having a sail and a small cabin formed of mats

Etymology: Cantonese sam-pan < sam, three + pan, plank

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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