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johnboat

or john boat, Âá´Ç²Ô·²ú´Ç²¹³Ù, jon boat

[ jon-boht ]

noun

  1. a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of johnboat1

1900–05, Americanism; probably John (the given name) + boat; compare joeboat, name for the same type of craft
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One man offered his small johnboat.

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For back-to-back nights, the trio quietly took the johnboat into Lake Zasada and tried to sneak up on the loon.

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The other was a smaller johnboat.

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Angela Goldman says life jackets were in the flat-bottomed johnboat seven people were aboard, but authorities believe none of them were wearing the floatation devices when it capsized Monday night on the White River.

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He nosed his johnboat through Ivanhoe’s currents toward his family’s flooded trailer home.

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