picket boat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of picket boat
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Breasting slowly up the Patapsco River came a Coast Guard picket boat, opened fire with its single small forward gun as cannon from the fort returned rounds of blanks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boatswain James R. Ingraham, commanding a Coast Guard picket boat, shouted through the gloom of an early Florida morning last week at a fast little craft he had spotted on Biscayne Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
A special picket boat to rescue crews of C-1 and C-3.
From The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
Out in front of me was a picket boat, and the officer hailed me to know what was the matter.
From Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac by Thomas, Hampton Sidney
He settled himself comfortably on top of the cabin of the picket boat and pulled up the collar of his greatcoat about his face.
From The Long Trick by Bartimeus
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