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sampan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | skiff |
Examples of sampan
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Sampan Screen Printing also sits in the low inland area on Ash Street in Utica.
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As the sampan gets closer, Willard realizes there are monkeys on it and no helmsman.
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Fandi rows most of the way, but Alfan also takes turns propelling the 15-foot sampan.
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Later, they had a noisy mock firefight and managed a few bullet holes into the sampan.
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Bali has no major waterways, although the Ho River is navigable by small sampan boats.
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On 5 February 2008 he paid a boatman to transport him out to sea in a motorized sampan.
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Some sampan merchants advertise their wares by hoisting a sample to the top of an upright pole.
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In the most recent Hollywood version, The Bible, John Huston pictured it as a pregnant sampan.
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The next day's aerial reconnaissance showed the sampan still there but the mortar ammunition gone.
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- An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars
- A sampan is a relatively flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat from long. Some sampans include a small shelter on board, and may be used as a permanent habitation on inland waters. Sampans are generally used for fishing or transportation, in coastal areas or rivers. ...
- A Far Eastern style of small BOAT, made of wood or grass, usually propelled by a single scull sweeping over the stern, and roofed by bamboo matting; derived from Chinese (saambaan) for a "three plank" boat. Sometimes called "hen boat" due to its profile. Compare JUNK, SMACK, GIG.
- Generic name for a canoe, dug-out or skiff.
- Any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single oar over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- A small boat used in China and Japan usually propelled with a scull from the stern and often having a sail and a small cabin formed of mats.
- A Vietnamese peasant's boat
