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wallah-wallah, walla-walla|ˈwɒlə ˈwɒlə|
[Origin unknown.]
In Hong Kong, a small boat used as a ferry for casual traffic.
1957R. Mason World of Suzie Wong i. iii. 33 Ships of every shape and size..tramps, junks, sampans, walla-wallas. 1967E. Hunt Danger Game viii. 152 They rode in a rickshaw, a sampan and a walla walla boat. 1969J. Bennett Dragon i. 5 Back and forth, ply ferry-boats..and hydrofoils..off to Macao; walla-wallas; scavenger⁓boats. 1970D. Dodge Hatchetman 8 Sampans, junks, and wallah-wallahs caught in the open water were doomed when Tai Fung blew. 1976W. Marshall Hatchet Man i. 2 A wallah-wallah boat transporting a sailor late back from leave worked its way to alongside..a moored destroyer. |