market boat
Americannoun
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a boat that transfers fish from a fishing fleet to a market on shore.
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a boat for carrying produce to market.
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a boat assigned or used to bring provisions to a ship.
Etymology
Origin of market boat
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
Example Sentences
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It was a fact, and a great pleasure, that an angler could go out for tuna without encountering a single market boat on the sea.
From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane
He told her he was sure the Seamew was fast enough for a Boston market boat.
From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
Olivo introduced him as Abbate Rossi, and Casanova at once recognized him as the man he had met twenty-seven years earlier upon a market boat plying between Venice and Chioggia.
From Casanova's Homecoming by Paul, Cedar
A big market boat from Palestrina winged past them, sliding over the oily water.
From Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories by Herrick, Robert
I lay by an upturned market boat, careful to keep even my feet in the shade.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
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