cigarette boat

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cigarette boat

noun cigarette boats · cigarette-boat

Canada, US A small, fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation. MICHAELA: You're not a mobster, Ethan! You're not gonna run drugs back and forth to South America in your cigarette boat!
A powerboat of the type similar to a vessel that is used to smuggle cigarettes. Near-synonym: speedboat
Similar: go-fast boat, rum-runner, speedboat

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@misc{cigarette_boat_2026,
  title = {cigarette boat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cigarette%20boat},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}