party boat

American

noun

a boat that takes paying passengers for a day or several hours of fishing, as in coastal waters or a bay, and usually rents fishing tackle and sells or provides bait.

Etymology

Origin of party boat

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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It was like 25 minutes of the party boat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

A party boat moored at Temple Pier on the River Thames sank on Thursday during heavy rainfall.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2024

“All this is happening so fast,” said Greg Cudnik, a recreational fisherman, bait and tackle shop owner and party boat captain from Ship Bottom, New Jersey.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Some 50 cases have now been detected including the three linked to the Sydney party boat.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2021

But late years they've been runnin' so scurce that242 summers I've been usin' the Curlew as a party boat.

From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell

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