| 单词 | bumboat |
| 例句 | Soon the sailors welcome on board Little Buttercup, a Portsmouth bumboat woman who has come to sell her wares, and who is hailed as "the rosiest, the roundest and the reddest beauty in all Spithead." The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z He had been unable to sneak away from the captain's gig when ashore, but made up for it by doing business with the bumboat men who came alongside. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Waiting alongside were two or three bumboats well stocked with fruit, soft-tack, eggs, and such curios as a sailor might be supposed to covet. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z I, too, thought of the bumboat woman, but gave up hope of aid from her, seeing how she is watched. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z "That's good enough if we can find the bumboat and get the money with which to do the bribing." At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy We were in the West Indies in a boat bringing the bumboat woman aboard–well, she started to climb up the rope ladder and this fellow thought he’d lay his hand on her ankle. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday It was something of a task to get comfortably aboard his 'bumboat,' heaving and tossing as she was in the short sea. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Naturally, being a bumboat woman, she had her basket on her arm. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces In a few hours that prince of bumboat men, old Attam, had paid us a visit, giving us a kindly welcome, with his good-tempered, ever-smiling, and flat celestial face. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 You mean to watch for some small Japanese boat—a bumboat, eh? At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy But, look here," he went on, "here's what I want to know, Barbecue—how long are we a-going to stand off and on like a blessed bumboat? Treasure Island Better hail that bumboat with the vegetables to row you into town. The Pagan Madonna I remember an amusing experience of a messmate of mine, who, being discontented with the regular breakfast set before him, got some eggs from the bumboat. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life I’ve expended all my money in buying clothes of this good lady here,” explained Downy, pointing to the fat, old bumboat woman. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant When this gig was capsized, it contained, besides Captain Marryat, a middy and an old bumboat woman. Adventures in Many Lands On the 8th that inimitable vessel—styled by Teddy Maroon a “tub,” and by the other men, variously, a “bumboat,” a “puncheon,” and a “brute” began to tug with tremendous violence at her cable. The Story of the Rock "Boom!" spoke her signal gun, and for her raced, again, the fleet of bumboats. Gold Seekers of '49 "Ain't this fun?" whispered Jimmy's next neighbor, taking advantage of a general burst of laughter, as the inimitable little bumboat woman advertised her wares with captivating drollery. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. Beg pardon, sir, but the bumboat woman didn’t come off this morning. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant A trim little bumboat I chanced for to meet! The Wind Bloweth She’s as sweet a gal as a fellow would wish to see, an’ yet he don’t pay no more attention to her than if she was an old bumboat ’ooman. Rivers of Ice “You’ll soon find out what tick is, after you have been a week in the bumboat,” replied the lad, laughing. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook “Is it milk massa manes, and the bumboat woman on the oder side of the bay?” Mr. Midshipman Easy Having entrusted these letters to the bumboat woman, who promised faithfully to put them into the post-office, we had then nothing else to do but to look out for some place to sleep. Jacob Faithful A trim little bumboat I chanced for to meet! The Wind Bloweth Though she had no money, she had, however, ample credit to stock her bumboat. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Perhaps you would like to set up a bumboat on your own account?” added Emma, laughing. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook We had hitherto been supplied by bumboats with vegetables and poultry, so that I had not supposed we were in want of any. Paddy Finn The last of the barges and bumboats were casting loose. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 A leg to leeward, and he'd shake them off as a great ship leaves behind it the troublesome traders' bumboats. The Wind Bloweth The word is probably connected with the Dutch bumboat or boomboot, a broad Dutch fishing-boat, the derivation of which is either from boom, cf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" “Why, you see, his aunt is a good old soul, who keeps a bumboat, and goes off to the shipping.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Just as the ship was ready to sail, a bumboat came alongside to sell apples and cider to the sloop's crew, and from these they got an interesting piece of news. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Instead of bein' master of a clipper ship, I'm mate on a dirty little bumboat. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates A solitary bumboat canoe, with a yellow bunch of bananas in the bow, and an old negro woman dipping a languid paddle at the stern, were all that met my eye. Romance In the bumboat was a boy of about Diego's age, whom he recognized as an old acquaintance and playmate, and who seemed very much surprised at seeing him on board the American vessel. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 We were anchored; and the hull of the Rangoon, which looked very huge now, was surrounded by Maltese bumboats. Tell England A Study in a Generation After we had been anchored an hour or so, a bumboat came out, manned by a crew of two coal-black negroes who spoke a French patois, intermingled with comical English. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" When a man that's been a real sailor sinks as low as I've sunk—from clipper ships to mate on a rotten little bumboat—people don't respect him none. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates The captain went on shore to report himself to the admiral, and, as usual, the brig was surrounded with bumboats and wherries, with people who wished to come on board. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Then the bumboat shoved off to return to the shore, and in fifteen minutes Lee stood upon foreign soil for the first time. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 A bumboat was made fast below the well of the deck, and a boy with an obscenely twisted body and a twisted black face was selling pineapples to the sailors. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 The native "bumboat" is a dugout affair very narrow for its length, and seemingly so cranky that we marvelled at the size of the sail carried. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Besides stately flag-ships and poor little bumboat schooners, transports are coming and going with regiments or provisions for the same. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 We have but a poor dinner to-day, for the bumboat woman disappointed me. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 The poor bumboat woman has gipsy blood in her veins, and she can read destinies. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan A girl who sang in the lily drift—a-sailing on this dirty, reeking bumboat, with cattle dying jammed in the pens! O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 As the boys had not yet grown entirely accustomed to what is called "Government straight," i.e., salt meat and hard-tack, the bumboat did a thriving business. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" But look here," he went on, "here's what I want to know, Barbecue: how long are we a-going to stand off and on like a blessed bumboat? Treasure Island How far that may be true I know not, but there was a likeness between us; and my mother, who was a very pretty woman, attended his ship many years before as a bumboat girl. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 "Is it milk massa manes, and the bumboat woman on the oder side of the bay?" Mr. Midshipman Easy That bumboat pirate queered the only business I had. Captain Macklin Our stay off Tompkinsville was to be short, but we had time to become acquainted with a characteristic naval oddity known as the bumboat. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" It is a tribe of bumboat men, speaking a few words of English, French, and Portuguese, and dealing in mats and pumpkins, parrots, and poultry, cages, and Fetish dolls called "idols." Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 I'm going to provide a berth for you, my boy, as second mate on the dirtiest, leakiest little bumboat you ever saw—our steam schooner Gualala. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley "Fit to fight a bumboat full o' pilots!" Told in the East All that remained was to get rid of the importunate bumboat -- men who swarmed round the vessel in their little craft, each looking like a small floating shop. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Our bumboat boarded us early and stayed with us until the corporal of the guard called "time." A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" They make a d—d noise about this engagement with the French: but, egad! it was no more than a bumboat battle, in comparison with some that I have seen. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle All that remained was to get rid of the importunate bumboat — men who swarmed round the vessel in their little craft, each looking like a small floating shop. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 My -, are we a set of pirates to scrape the guts out of a Levantine bumboat? Soldiers Three - Part 2 And the course—well, if was not steering, it was sculling; the old bumboat was wobbling all around like a drunken tailor with two left legs. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales |
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