Bumboat: [BUHM-boat]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Dutch, 17th
century
1. Traditionally, a
small boat used to ferry provisions to ships docked away from shore
2. In Singapore, a
water taxi used to take tourists on sightseeing tours
Examples used in a sentence:
1. The captain of the
bumboat ran a lucrative business because the sailors had no other way to
buy supplies.
2. Add a tour on a bumboat
to your Singapore visit and get a unique perspective of the city from the
water.
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