: a small boat with a flat bottom, a centerboard, and two raked masts
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Lastly, the museum will host the Edna E. Lockwood (restored 2016/2018), the last sailing bugeye in the world, in Havre de Grace, Saturday, July 6, to Monday, July 8, as part of a National Park Service funded heritage sail of the Chesapeake.
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Ron Browning, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2019
Ron Browning, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2019
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1877, in the meaning defined above
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“Bugeye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bugeye. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
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