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boat people


boat people

noun pl

Definition of BOAT PEOPLE

: refugees fleeing by boat

First Known Use of BOAT PEOPLE

1977

Rhymes with BOAT PEOPLE

craftspeople, dispeople, laypeople, newspeople, Plain People, salespeople, spokespeople, townspeople, tradespeople, tribespeople, unpeople, workpeople

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