| 单词 | market boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarket boat market boat n. a boat used for transporting produce to market. ΚΠ 1755 J. Smeaton Diary 7 July in Journey to Low Countries (1938) 48 In holland many of the Markett Boats belonging to the Boors are towed and steered by one person, by means of a pole. 1780 in New Jersey Archives (1914) 2nd Ser. IV. 401 Mrs. Roker, and one other woman, were going in a market boat from Philadelphia. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 278 [He] bought a market-boat, and tried trading upon the bayou. 1878 F. O. Davenport On Man-of-War 24 The market boat was sent ashore with the various stewards of the different messes. 1967 L. S. Tawes Coasting Captain 153 A little market boat rounded up alongside and wanted to know if I did not want to buy some cabbages. 1976 W. W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers iii. 42 Cognoscenti call the crab dredger an oyster ‘buy boat’ or ‘market boat’ in disguise. < as lemmas |
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