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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A large flat-bottomed coasting vessel, formerly found in Holland, Spain and Portugal..
August 14, 1595, Thomas Treffry, letter to Sir Robert Cecil a ship of Bristol was chased into this harbour by two Spanish fly-boats, and they report […] that there are five men of war, Spanish, in the road of Conquet
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Flyboat means (historical) A large flat-bottomed coasting vessel, formerly found in Holland, Spain and Portugal..
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August 14, 1595, Thomas Treffry, letter to Sir Robert Cecil a ship of Bristol was chased into this harbour by two Spanish fly-boats, and they report […] that there are five men of war, Spanish, in the road of Conquet
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