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boatie, n. colloq. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.).|ˈbəʊtɪ|
[f. boat n. + -ie.]
A person who sails a boat, esp. for pleasure; a boating enthusiast; spec. a member of the crew of a surf-boat. Usu. in pl. Cf. yachtie n.
1962Austral. Women's Weekly 24 Oct. (Suppl.) 3/1 Boaties, members of a surf club boat crew. 1963J. Pollard Austral. Surfrider 68 The routine jobs left to the boaties include patrolling against sharks. 1969Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) lxxviii. 2/3 You turn on your television set and the screen is out of whack because some boatie is using a power drill. 1971N.Z. Listener 25 Oct. 7/3 The ‘elite’ cutter group put themselves voluntarily ‘on call’ 24 hours a day for rescue work. Such dedication kept well before the boating public has undoubtedly allayed the fears of many would-be boaties. 1975Turangi (N.Z.) Chron. 2 Apr. 1/1 The weed has only assumed importance with the increase in the number of boaties using the area. 1985South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 18 May 1 Yachties, boaties and junk owners will have to dig deeper into their pockets following the Government's increase in pleasure boat mooring charges. 1988Sydney Morning Herald 5 Jan. 9/6 It is the boaties, those men who ride the big waves in the old wooden surf boats, who they say are the maddest. |