(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:29:02

Chop"boat` (?), n. [Chin. chop sort, quality.]

A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.

[China]

S. W. Williams.

 

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