noun Nautical.
a boat used in peddling provisions and small wares among vessels lying in port or offshore.
Origin:
1665–75; probably partial translation of Dutch bomschuit a small fishing boat, perhaps contraction of bodemschuit(je) literally, bottom-boat
1665–75; probably partial translation of Dutch bomschuit a small fishing boat, perhaps contraction of bodemschuit(je) literally, bottom-boat
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| —n | |
| any small boat used for ferrying supplies or goods for sale to a ship at anchor or at a mooring | |
| [C17 (in the sense: scavenger's boat) bum, from Dutch boomschip canoe (from bom tree) + | |
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Bumboat
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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