boatlift (plural boatlifts)
The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
(also boat lift) A mechanism for lifting boats from the water, or between water on different elevations.
boatlift (third-person singular simple present boatlifts, present participle boatlifting, simple past and past participle boatlifted)
(transitive) To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat.
Source: Wiktionary
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
