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Sampan   Listen
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Sampan  n.  (Written also sanpan)  (Naut.) A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.





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"Sampan" Quotes from Famous Books



... large stake no less than our lives. What! says somebody, within a few miles of Hong Kong? Oh yes; and even within Hong Kong harbour itself, if opportunity offers. Let any man go down the wharf at Hong Kong after sunset, and hail a sampan from the hundreds there that are waiting to be hired. Hardly will the summons have left his lips before a white policeman will be at his side, note-book in hand, inquiring his name and ship, and taking a note of ...
— The Cruise of the Cachalot - Round the World After Sperm Whales • Frank T. Bullen
... SAMPAAN, OR SAMPAN. A neatly-adjusted kind of hatch-boat, used by the Chinese for passengers, and also as a dwelling for Tartar families, ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth


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