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pleasure craft

American  
[ple-zher kraft] / ˈplɛ ʒər ˈkræft /

noun

  • pleasure crafts
    plural
  1. a boat used for recreation rather than for work.


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During the day, Catalina is filled with ferries, pleasure craft, cruise ships and cargo vessels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Some 1,000 ships, including pleasure craft and fishing vessels, took part in the rescue - a key moment of the war.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023

They had been aboard a pleasure craft, along with 19 other people, when it was hit by a fierce storm on Lake Maggiore on Sunday evening and swiftly sank.

From Reuters ● May 31, 2023

Lake Washington may hit the spot for a daily dip, but the stillness of an alpine lake far from the din of water skis, wakeboards and pleasure craft is a restorative tonic.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022

On October 22 gale winds ripped display signs from buildings downtown, tossed houseboats around on Lake Union, and necessitated the rescue of thirty-three people from various storm-tossed pleasure craft on Puget Sound.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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