| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  präm |
| NOUN: | 1. Chiefly New England A small dinghy having a flat, snub-nosed bow. 2. A flatbottom boat used chiefly in the Baltic Sea as a barge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Dutch praam, flatbottom boat, from Middle Dutch praem, from Czech prám. See per1 in Appendix I.
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