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papboat

papboat is the alternative form of pap boat.

Meaning of pap boat

Noun

pap boat (plural pap boats)

  1. (historical) A kind of sauceboat or dish.
  2. (historical) A boat-shaped receptacle for baby food.
    • “I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it.”1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.10
  3. (obsolete) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapa), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

Forms of papboat

pluralpapboats

Questions about papboat

What is papboat the alternative form of?
Papboat is the alternative form of pap boat.

Words near papboat in the dictionary

  1. papayas
  2. papayotin
  3. papayotine
  4. Papazian
  5. Papazians
  6. papboat
  7. papboats
  8. Papcastle
  9. PAPD
  10. papdi
  11. papdis

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