"buy boat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buy boats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} buy boat (plural buy boats)
  1. A boat used to buy the catch from fishing boats while they are at sea and then sell it at a market.
    Sense id: en-buy_boat-en-noun-0wGqypid Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, John Wennersten, The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay, Lulu.com, page 30:",
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