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Definitions of bumboats in various dictionaries:
noun - a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
noun - a boat used to peddle wares to larger ships
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Plural form of bumboat. |
a small vessel carrying provisions for sale to moored or anchored ships. |
A small vessel carrying provisions for sale to moored or anchored ships. |
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A Bumboat is a small boat used to ferry supplies to ships moored away from the shore. Originally referring to a scavenger's boat, the name comes from the combination of the Dutch word for a canoe—"boomschuit" ("boom" meaning "tree"), and "boat". * In Tobias Smollett's 1748 novel The Adventures of Roderick Random, a "bumboat woman" conducts business with sailors imprisoned on board a pressing tender moored near the Tower Wharf on the Thames River, London, England. * In HMS Pinafore, W.S. Gilbert describes 'Little Buttercup' as a Bumboat Woman. * In Singapore the term "bumboat" is applied to small water taxis and boats that take tourists on short tours. |