dinghy

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"Here, get aboard us, Mr Lestrange!" said he, when the dinghy was alongside; "we have room for one.

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  1. noun A small open boat carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a larger boat.
  2. noun A small rowboat.
  3. noun An inflatable rubber life raft.

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  • A dinghy was put overside Ham Brooks and Tex Haven were dumped into the dinghy, and the craft was rowed ashore Señor Steel's appearance on the shore got sudden gasps. —  073 - The Freckled Shark
  • Now there occurred to her the patent fact that the dinghy was ours, and that someone must accompany her to bring it back. —  The Riddle of the Sands
  • She started to hold out her hand, then didn't, because the dinghy was already sliding away from the shore. —  F ;SF - vol 086 issue 01 - January 1994
  • In its transformation from sporty little coupe to a larger vessel's dinghy, the roof, tailgate and top are jetisoned in favor of a canvas covering with which to escape the heat. —  Autoblog
  • You always rescue a dinghy, and when yours gets found (even if you didn't know it had gone) you give the finder 20dollars, ish, and tellem it's not for what they've done - it's for the * next* time they find it .... —  YBW News
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  1. Hindi ḍiṁgī, variant of ḍeṁgī, ḍeṁgā, float, raft.
 

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