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Dory

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dinghynoun(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
rowboatnoun(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).

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dinghynoun(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
rowboatnoun(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).
hunkynoun(US, slang, now uncommon, ethnic slur) A Hungarian or other eastern European, e.g. a Romanian or a Slav. (Sometimes applied (like honky) to any white person.)
dorunounAlternative form of dory (“spear”). [(nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.]
dorymannounA fisherman who works on a dory.
dorylinenoun(zoology) Any member of the ant subfamily Dorylinae.
john doreenounArchaic form of John Dory. [An edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.]
john dorynounAn edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.
fisher-boatnounA boat used for fishing.
dobbernoun(Australia, UK, derogatory) One who dobs (someone) (informs against them or implicates them to authority).
drifternoun(sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
dipseynoun(US, dialect) A sinker attached to a fishing line.
fishboatnounA fishing boat.
fisherboatnounAlternative form of fisher-boat. [A boat used for fishing.]
dragnetnoun(law enforcement, figuratively) A heightened effort by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.
doradnoun(obsolete) The sea bream.
dredgenounThe act of dredging.
fishing boatnounA boat used for fishing.
flatHaving no variations in height.
corfnoun(mining) A large basket, especially as used for coal.

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