Mumble-bee

//ˈmʌmbl̩bi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of small trawling vessel. Devon, historical

Etymology

Origin uncertain; apparently an alteration of bumblebee. According to Wilfrid Granville (A Dictionary of Sailors’ Slang, 1962), “they were modelled on the oyster-fishing boats of the Mumbles district near Swansea”.

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