pap boat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pap +‎ boat.

Noun[edit]

pap boat (plural pap boats)

  1. (now historical) A boat-shaped receptacle for baby food. [from 18th c.]
    • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.10:
      “I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it.”
  2. (zoology, obsolete) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapa), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing. [19th c.]
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