sampan
IPA: sˈæmpæn
noun
- A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars.
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Examples of "sampan" in Sentences
- One sampan I know of was hit and sunk.
- Taking sampan to Tsuen an was a typical example.
- A good sized sampan was sunk with gunfire on 17 July.
- The next day she destroyed a large sampan by gunfire.
- Clark mounted a machine gun on a sampan and sank the attack boat.
- A retriever type sampan appeared to be the only antisubmarine measure.
- The family flees upriver in an abandoned sampan to the town of Hengyang.
- Eugene Clark mounted a machine gun on a sampan and sank the attack boat.
- Sampan is situated near the Dordabis area, in the southern part of Namibia.
- His courageous action resulted in the capture of the sampan and enemy weapons.
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