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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

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party boat

It was like 25 minutes of the party boat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

A party boat sank on the Thames and 50 people were led to safety in Hackney after heavy rain battered London.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 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

Michael Jackson was always part of the soundscape; at 5, Frost was so winning while dancing to the singer’s songs on a party boat that the revelers threw money at him.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2022

Mind humming with pleased though still highly skeptical speculations, Barney went back to the boat station and inquired when the party boat was due to return.

From Gone Fishing by Schmitz, James H.

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