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Packet boat   /pˈækət boʊt/   Listen
Packet boat

noun
1.
A boat for carrying mail.  Synonyms: mail boat, mailboat, packet.






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"Packet boat" Quotes from Famous Books



... which I must describe, because it is important. We were somewhere west of Jordan, when we met a packet boat going west. It was filled with passengers, and drew near to us with the sound of singing and musical instruments. It was crowded with emigrants always hopeful and merry, bound westward. Evidently the hold had not been able ...
— Vandemark's Folly • Herbert Quick



Words linked to "Packet boat" :   mailboat, boat, mail boat



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