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bumboat is a small boat used to ferry supplies to ship s moored away from the shore. Originally referring to a scavenger 's boat, the
Kaynak: BumboatList of Bab Ballads: edu/gas/bab_ballads/html/
bumboat_woman. html The
Bumboat Woman's Story | Fun, n.s., XI (9 April 1870), 45.
Kaynak: Bab BalladsVisitors may travel to Pulau Ubin from the main island of Singapore via a 10-minute
bumboat ride from the Changi Village jetty.
Kaynak: Pulau UbinIts decline really began in the 1960s, as mechanisation and computer isation gradually usurped the
bumboat's role in the shipping industry
Kaynak: Boat QuayAt the height of its prosperity, dozens of
bumboat s jostled for mooring space beside Clarke Quay. This continued well into the later
Kaynak: Clarke Quay400 barges or Thames lighters were turned over to military use as
bumboat s or simply beached during the Normandy landings of 1944.
Kaynak: Watermenjpg | "He was controversial during his lifetime in the early and middle 19th century, and still is...Etty's
bumboat is what his friend John
Kaynak: William EttyHer portrayal of the "
bumboat woman" was contrary to most performances of this role – her singing voice was more coarse than most
Kaynak: Colette Mann