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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

pon·toon
Pronunciation:
\pän-ˈtün\
Function: noun
Etymology: French ponton, from Old French, from Latin ponton-, ponto
Date: 1690
1: a flat-bottomed boat (as a lighter); especially : a flat-bottomed boat or portable float used in building a floating temporary bridge
2: a float especially of a seaplane

from a dragonboater

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