cigarette boat

See also: cigarette-boat

English

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Noun

cigarette boat (plural cigarette boats)

  2. (Canada, US) A small, fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation.
    Hypernyms: go-fast boat < powerboat < boat < vessel
    Coordinate terms: rum-runner; blockade runner
  4. A powerboat of the type similar to a vessel that is used to smuggle cigarettes.
    Synonyms: go-fast boat, rum-runner
    Hypernyms: powerboat < boat < vessel
    Near-synonym: speedboat

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