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jollyboat

jollyboat is the alternative form of jolly boat.

Meaning of jolly boat

Noun

jolly boat (plural jolly boats)

  1. A type of ship's boat of the 17th to 19th centuries, used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship.
    • Boats for Ships. A Jolly-boat. A Long-boat. A Skiffe. A Pinnace. A Water-boat. A Yaul.1696, John Houghton, Collection for Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, London, Issue 187
    Synonyms:
    jolly

Forms of jollyboat

pluraljollyboats

Questions about jollyboat

What is jollyboat the alternative form of?
Jollyboat is the alternative form of jolly boat.

Words near jollyboat in the dictionary

  1. Jolly Nose
  2. Jolly Roger
  3. Jolly Rogers
  4. jolly well
  5. jolly-hockey-sticks
  6. jollyboat
  7. jollyboats
  8. jollyer
  9. jollyers
  10. jollyful
  11. jollying

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