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gun⋅boat

[guhn-boht]
–noun
1. a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
2. any small ship carrying mounted guns.

Origin:
1770–80; gun 1 + boat
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gun·boat   (gŭn'bōt')   
n.  A small armed vessel.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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gunboats

and battleships
  1. n.
    big feet; big shoes. : Get those battleships off my sofa! , Hasn't he got the biggest gunboats you ever saw?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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