outboard motor
noun
: a small internal combustion engine with propeller integrally attached for mounting at the stern of a small boat
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The tax-free period includes anything that is considered tangible personal property that is $500 or less, except watercraft, anything with an outboard motor that must be titled, a motor vehicle, alcohol, tobacco, a vapor product or a product that contains marijuana.
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Officers described it as a center console boat with a light blue hull with multiple white outboard motors and may have blue or dark blue bottom paint.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Keene’s grandfather cut the outboard motor and put a finger to his lips.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
On a recent day, the island’s Indigenous residents rowed or sputtered off with outboard motors to fish.
—Matías Delacroix and Juan Zamorano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2024
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Officers described it as a center console boat with a light blue hull with multiple white outboard motors and may have blue or dark blue bottom paint.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Keene’s grandfather cut the outboard motor and put a finger to his lips.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
On a recent day, the island’s Indigenous residents rowed or sputtered off with outboard motors to fish.
—Matías Delacroix and Juan Zamorano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2024
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“Outboard motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outboard%20motor. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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