"cigarette boat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cigarette boats [plural], cigarette-boat [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cigarette boat (plural cigarette boats)
  1. (Canada, US) A small, fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation. Tags: Canada, US Hypernyms: go-fast boat, powerboat, boat, vessel Coordinate_terms: rum-runner, ;, blockade runner
    Sense id: en-cigarette_boat-en-noun-en:speedboat_that_smuggles_cigarettes Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 46 54
  2. A powerboat of the type similar to a vessel that is used to smuggle cigarettes. Synonyms: go-fast boat, rum-runner, speedboat Hypernyms: powerboat, boat, vessel
    Sense id: en-cigarette_boat-en-noun-en:speedboat_of_the_type_that_smuggles_cigarettes Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63

Inflected forms

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