johnboat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of johnboat
1900–05, probably John (the given name) + boat; compare joeboat, name for the same type of craft
Example Sentences
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Angela Goldman says life jackets were in the flat-bottomed johnboat seven people were aboard, but authorities believe none of them were wearing the floatation devices when it capsized Monday night on the White River.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2019
He nosed his johnboat through Ivanhoe’s currents toward his family’s flooded trailer home.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
We never saw another human, save a lone figure in a johnboat, sputtering north in the distance as the sun came out.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
I’ve been on the Zambezi River in a johnboat.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2012
As I was tying on another jig, I heard an outboard engine—it was a johnboat, maybe twelve feet long, motoring along Snake Creek.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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