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Definition of Bumboats
1. bumboat [n] - See also: bumboat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumboats
Literary usage of Bumboats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Adventure in the South Pacific by Jones (1861)
"bumboats.—Dick Simpson and John Chinaman.— Chinese mode of Trading.—Sanpan.—A
floating Community.—Boston Jack.—Victoria, its Situation, Streets, etc. ..."
2. With "the Thirty-Second" in the Peninsular and Other Campaigns by Henry Ross- Lewin, John Henry Wardell (1904)
"... Coventry—Anchor in Carlisle Bay—bumboats— Court-martial—Capture of a transport
by the French—Sir Ralph Abercrombie—Missing ships arrive—Notice of rising ..."
3. The Dead Sea by William Allen (1855)
"Maltese bumboats. — Recognitions.—Natives, good and bad. — Nix-mangiare Stairs.
— Streets of Valetta.—Friars and Nuns. — The Church of St. John. ..."
4. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"bumboats—small boats which come out to ships and receive permission to sell fruit,
eggs, milk, candy, soft drinks, cakes, etc.—are not now allowed, ..."
5. Revue de droit international et de législation comparée by Institute of International Law (1894)
"Pour ce qui concerne les bateaux pêcheurs eux-mêmes, les bumboats proprement
dits, la quantité de spiritueux qui forme leur provision ordinaire est tout à ..."
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