gas boat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gas +‎ boat

Noun[edit]

gas boat (plural gas boats)

  1. (Canada, US) A boat powered by a petrol engine.
    • 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 9, in Klee Wyck‎[1]:
      Round noon the gas boat’s impudent sputter ticked out across the wide face of the Naas River.
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