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bum⋅boat

[buhm-boht]
–noun Nautical.
a boat used in peddling provisions and small wares among vessels lying in port or offshore.

Origin:
1665–75; prob. partial trans. of D bomschuit a small fishing boat, perh. contr. of bodemschuit(je) lit., bottom-boat
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bum·boat   (bŭm'bōt')   
n.  A small boat used to peddle provisions to ships anchored offshore.

[Probably partial translation of Low German bumboot, ship's boat, partial translation of Dutch dialectal bomschuit, small fishing boat : bom, ship's bottom (from Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch) + schuit, ship.]
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