banana boat
noun
1
: a boat for transporting bananas
… Barnes was a … free spirit who, disguised as a male seaman on a banana boat, had run guns for Mexican revolutionaries.—David Roberts, Smithsonian, August 1994
2
: a long, narrow, inflatable recreational boat that riders sit astride while being towed by a powerboat
When the banana boat arrived out in the bay, almost opposite our house, all its riders fell off.—Sarah Poyntz, Manchester Guardian Weekly, 9 Aug. 1992
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