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Sampan

//ˈsæm.pæn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Chinese flat-bottomed wooden boat propelled by two oars. historical

    "We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes still afforded some protection."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of jampan. India, alt-of, alternative, historical

    "... by these central poles the litter, or as it is here called, the Sampan, is supported on the shoulders of four men."

  3. 3
    an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars wordnet

Etymology

From Sinitic, likely Cantonese 三板 (saam¹ baan²) or Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).

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