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dinghy

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dinghy
any small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motor
dinghy [′diŋ·ē]
(naval architecture)
A boat, less than 20 feet (6 meters) long, propelled by oars or sails, that may be used as a tender to a ship or yacht.
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Granet scrambled down into a small dinghy which was tied to the side of the stone wall.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
We had started from Barcelona with our dinghy in tow; afterwards it was too risky to try to get her in, so we let her take her chance of the seas at the end of a comfortable scope of rope.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
I believe he had seen us out of the window coming off to dine in the dinghy of a fourteen-ton yawl belonging to Marlow my host and skipper.
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