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buy boat

buy boat noun: a boat used to buy the catch from fishing boats while they are at sea and then sell it at a market.

Noun

buy boat (plural buy boats)

  1. A boat used to buy the catch from fishing boats while they are at sea and then sell it at a market.
    • When the captain is buying crabs on his own responsibility and selling them where he chooses it is styled a “buy boat.”1919, Edward Perry Churchill, Crab Industry of Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 19
    • Each buy boat must have a dealer permit issued under this section.1982, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 305

Forms of buy boat

pluralbuy boats

Questions about buy boat

What does buy boat mean?
Buy boat means a boat used to buy the catch from fishing boats while they are at sea and then sell it at a market.
What part of speech is buy boat?
Buy boat is a noun.
What is the plural of buy boat?
The plural of buy boat is buy boats.

Words near buy boat in the dictionary

  1. buy a ticket to
  2. buy and hold
  3. buy and pay for
  4. buy back
  5. buy backs
  6. buy boat
  7. buy boats
  8. buy cheap, buy twice
  9. buy down
  10. buy high, sell higher
  11. buy in

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