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mosquito boat

American  

noun

  1. PT boat.

mosquito boat British  

noun

  1. another name for MTB

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mosquito boat

First recorded in 1910–15

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He handed over photographs and drawings of rifles and a mosquito boat.

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