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Bumboat
[buhm-boht] 
Bumboat
[buhm-boht]
A bumboat is a small boat used to ferry supplies to ships moored away from the shore. Originally referring to a scavenger's boat, the name comes from the combination of the Dutch word for a canoe, "boomschuit" ("boom" meaning "tree") and "boat".
In Singapore the term "bumboat" is applied to small boats used to take tourists on short tours.
External links
- "The Bumboat Woman's Story" — one of W. S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads (from the Gilbert & Sullivan Archive)
- Singaporean bumboat — photo by Rajit Vijayan
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