| 单词 | bumboat people |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbumboat people a. Designating a person who operates or works on a bumboat, as bumboat man, bumboat people, bumboat woman, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > bumboat people bumboat1714 1714 London Gaz. No. 5245/3 John Daniel, an Alehouse-keeper and Bomb-boat Man at Woolwich. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 220 He pulled out my handkerchief..and..sold it before my face to bum-boat-woman then on board, for a quart of gin. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. viii. 141 We purchased some sheets of paper from the bumboat people. 1884 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 700 Fruits from..the bumboat-woman at a seaport. ?1906 D. Reid Reminisc. 58 He was what was called a bum-boat man and had his cart and an immense puncheon of rum which he was selling at a good figure. 1925 E. A. Powell Beyond Utmost Purple Rim i. 17 We were surrounded by a swarm of vociferous bumboat-men, Egyptian, Arab, Syrian, Armenian, who..spread upon the deck their wares. 1970 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 17 Mar. 22/4 One of the bumboat guys tried to come aboard. 2003 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 5 May The bumboat men who have been operating from Jardine Steps—some for over 50 years. 2012 E. Major Madam Britannia ix. 309 Bumboat women were notorious for their criminal activities as smugglers and prostitutes. < as lemmas |
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