SAMPAN

sampan

(noun) an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sampan (plural sampans)

A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars.

Source: Wiktionary


Sam"pan, n. (Naut.)

Definition: A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters. [Written also sanpan.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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