† bumbargen.
Obsolete.
= bumboat n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > boat plying between ship shore
strand boat1670
bumboat1671
Moses1736
shore-boat1804
foy-boat1813
bunder-boat1825
bumbarge1839
tender1853
trot-boat1945
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > other types of barge
coal barge1720
budgerow1727
water1727
brick barge1738
tent-barge1796
water barge1798
passage-barge1804
steam barge1812
schooner barge1819
tongkang1834
bumbarge1839
Tom Pudding1880
grain-barge1902
butty1923
support barge1967
reel barge1972
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism viii. 80 What ship Argo..was not a foolish bumbarge in comparison!
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 June 3 A torpedo boat is not as tough as a bumbarge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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n.1839- to maund abraham
- to maund it
- to mayne evil
- to meal one's mouth
- to mean business
- to mean by
- to mean it
- to mean mischief
- to mean no harm
- to mean one's complaint
- to mean one's moan
- to mean one's mood
- to mean oneself of one's mood
- to mean what one says
- to measure another person's foot by one's last
- to measure another person's foot by one's own last
- to measure back
- to measure backward
- to measure one's length
- to measure one's sword
- to measure one's sword with
- to measure other people's corn by one's own bushel
- to measure out one's length
- to measure swords
- to measure swords with