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Bumboat

noun
1.
A small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor.





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... white shirt and pants, blue neck-ties and Panama hats. Having agreed with one of these to go from the vessel to the city at the rate of fifty cents apiece in gold, our party passed down the companion-ladder and entered a well-built bumboat, painted in green, blue and yellow, adorned with carpets, cushions, one sail and a gorgeous awning. The soft, tropical sun shone down on this poetical scene, and as the powerful arms of the oarsmen propelled the boat, the breezes played over us and ...
— Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 • Various


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