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jolly boat
noun
- a light boat carried at the stern of a sailing vessel.
- a small pleasure sailboat for use in sheltered waters.
jolly boat
noun
- a small boat used as a utility tender for a vessel
- a small sailing boat used for pleasure
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jolly boat1
1720–30; jolly < Danish jolle yawl 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jolly boat1
C18: jolly probably from Danish jolle yawl 1
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Example Sentences
Mr M—,” would the first-lieutenant cry out, “why did you stay so long on shore with the jolly-boat?
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In the morning the boats returned; and we were much concerned to hear that they had seen nothing of the jolly-boat.
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The seaman dodged, and the cider mug spun into the planks of a jolly boat.
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We were hurled up on a wave, and from the crest I saw the capsized jolly-boat some distance off.
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Both the sailors on board had been drowned, but the Captain himself had managed to make good his escape in the jolly boat.
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