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Bumboat   Listen
noun
Bumboat  n.  (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.






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"Bumboat" Quotes from Famous Books



... and poor little bumboat schooners, transports are coming and going with regiments or provisions for the same. Here, too, are old acquaintances from the bay of New York,—the "Yankee," a lively tug,—the "Harriet Lane," coquettish and plucky,—the "Catiline," ready ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 46, August, 1861 • Various



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