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mackinaw skiff

mackinaw skiff noun: a cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).

Noun

mackinaw skiff (plural mackinaw skiffs)

  1. A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
  2. A shooner-rigged boat once used on the Great Lakes.

Forms of mackinaw skiff

pluralmackinaw skiffs

Origin of mackinaw skiff

From Ojibwe.

Questions about mackinaw skiff

What does mackinaw skiff mean?
Mackinaw skiff means a cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
What part of speech is mackinaw skiff?
Mackinaw skiff is a noun.
What is the plural of mackinaw skiff?
The plural of mackinaw skiff is mackinaw skiffs.

Words near mackinaw skiff in the dictionary

  1. mackinaw
  2. mackinaw boat
  3. mackinaw boats
  4. mackinaw coat
  5. mackinaw coats
  6. mackinaw skiff
  7. mackinaw skiffs
  8. mackinaw trout
  9. mackinaw trouts
  10. mackinawed
  11. mackinawite

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