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jolly boats
n. (jolly boat English)
Usage examples of "jolly boats".
Cutters and gigs, launches and jolly boats, they seemed endless, and when Bolitho shifted his glass to the hillside beyond the fortress he saw a widely flung rectangle of pointed tents interspersed with tiny scarlet figures and an occasional camp-fire.
Nicholas called for the boatmen to bring oars from the jolly boats and fend off the Gull.
Bolitho could see the two jolly boats and even the gig bouncing over the water.
On the Kitty's quarterdeck, behind the concealing folds of heavy canvas, the ship's four longboats and two jolly boats were being lowered overboard.