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dockominium, n. U.S.|ˌdɒkəˈmɪnɪəm|
Also dockaminium.
[f. dock n.3 + condominium n.]
Any of a number of privately owned landing-stages at a marina, etc.; also, a waterfront condominium with a private mooring.
1981Boating Industry Jan. 105/2 When Marine Conversions, Inc. took over the prospering Skyline Nautical Yacht Basin in Dania, Fla., they renamed it Harbour Towne Marina at Dania, and instituted the ‘dockominium’ concept. 1984N.Y. Times 6 May viii. 14/1 A development such as Oyster River Landing, with its private slips just a few steps from the front door, can be a powerful inducement to live on the water year-round... Such projects, known informally as ‘dockominiums’, have become very popular in many waterfront communities throughout the metropolitan area. 1985New Yorker 29 Apr. 75/1 The folks at Maximo Moorings would sell you a boat slip called a ‘dockominium’. 1986Ibid. 12 May 32/3 A large marina, the Newport City Yacht Club, and ‘dockaminiums’. |