a boat that travels a regular route, as along a coast or on a river, carrying passengers, freight, and mail
Origin of packet boat
so called from origin, originally carrying mailpacket boat
packet boatWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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