"cigarette-boat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cigarette-boats [plural]
Etymology: From their use as cigarette smuggling boats between the USA and Canada. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cigarette-boat (plural cigarette-boats)
  1. a small, fast boat designed with a long narrow platform and a planing hull to enable it to reach high speeds. Categories (topical): Watercraft Synonyms: cigarette boat Synonyms (a small, fast boat designed with a long narrow platform and a planing hull to enable it to reach high speeds.): rum-runner, go-fast boat

Inflected forms

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