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Definition for BUM'KIN
BUM'BOAT
BUMP
BUM'KIN
, n. [See Bumpkin.]
A short boom projecting from each bow of a ship, to extend the clue of the foresail to windward.
A small out-rigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. – Mar. Dict.
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