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Meanings of banana boat in English

Portuguese
banana boat
Spanish
banana acuatica
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An unpowered, inflatable recreational boat meant to be towed; often yellow and banana-shaped.

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        banana boat
        Spanish
        barco platanero
        Wikidata

        Fast ships engaged in the banana trade designed to transport easily spoiled bananas rapidly from tropical growing areas to northern markets; often carried passengers as well as fruit.

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              barco platanero
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              Usage of banana boat in English
              1
              My mum came to England on a Jamaica Producers' banana boat.
              The Guardian
              2
              It was hotter than a friggin' banana boat.
              Monday Mourning
              3
              What'd you just get off the banana boat?
              Four to score
              4
              Assistant Commissioner Donald Yamasombi said the only access is by banana boat, for which police have little funding.
              Radio NZ
              5
              Dark grey clouds hover in the distance as our banana boat speeds away from Fatboys towards Kennedy Island.
              News.com.au
              6
              They escaped in a 19-foot banana boat, powered by a 75-horsepower motor towards Bubuleta village.
              Radio NZ
              7
              Late last month two people were lost at sea after a banana boat capsized in high seas while travelling to the atolls.
              Radio NZ
              8
              As far as the Zoo knows the only poisonous snake that has come in on a banana boat was a horned palm viper.
              The new yorker
              9
              Once he bought an elephant from the Dublin Zoo and transported it to the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia on a banana boat.
              Radio NZ
              10
              Rent a beach hut and a hammock for an afternoon nap or enjoy the water, take a banana boat ride or rent a surf board.
              Reuters
              11
              His father dreams about the banana boats he once sailed on.
              The eye of the leopard
              12
              Its other products include Eveready batteries, Playtex tampons, and Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen.
              Reuters
              13
              Its other products include flashlights, Eveready batteries, Playtex tampons, and Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen.
              Reuters
              14
              Rhys signed away a month's salary as a deposit, and dragged Banana Boat out of the store.
              Pack animals
              15
              Banana Boat was driving Rhys Williams crazy.
              Pack animals
              16
              The festival included headline performances by Sharon Shannon, Declan O'Rourke and male vocal quintet Banana Boat, from Poland.
              The Irish Times
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