johnboat

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noun

a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off

“Eddie liked to take his johnboat into the shallow, reedy, sandbars that the out-of-town fishermen, with their big, expensive, fiberglass bassboats, couldn't reach.”

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Meanings

nounjohnboat (plural johnboats)

plural johnboats · alternative jon boat

  1. a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off

    Eddie liked to take his johnboat into the shallow, reedy, sandbars that the out-of-town fishermen, with their big, expensive, fiberglass bassboats, couldn't reach.

Translations

Czech pramice
  • pramiceflat-bottomed boat
Russian плоскодо́нка, джо́нбот
  • плоскодо́нка (ploskodónka)flat-bottomed boat
  • джо́нбот (džónbot)flat-bottomed boat
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APA

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MLA

“johnboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/johnboat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “johnboat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/johnboat.

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