-- Bess Mizzen, I must say, is no more than a leaky bum-boat, in comparison of the glorious galley you want to man.— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
"We have but a poor dinner to-day," said Mrs Trotter, "for the bum-boat woman disappointed me.— Peter Simple
No! put them alive in a bread-bag, and send them on shore in the bum-boat. "— Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer
No; put them alive in a bread-bag, and send them on shore in the bum-boat. "— Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer
Crest, a bum-boat flottant, and motto '_Cinq-cento-percentum_'.— Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life

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