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johnboat

The correct spelling is johnboat.

How to pronounce johnboat

noun

Say it like: Joh-nboa-t

The correct spelling is johnboat. A flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off For example: "Eddie liked to take his johnboat into the shallow, reedy, sandbars that the out-of-town fishermen, with their big, expensive, fiberglass bassboats, couldn't reach."

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Eddie liked to take his johnboat into the shallow, reedy, sandbars that the out-of-town fishermen, with their big, expensive, fiberglass bassboats, couldn't reach.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off

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