English Explanatory Dictionary

mumble-bee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of small trawling vessel.

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌmbl̩bi/

Word forms

mumble-bee mumble-bees

Etymology

Origin uncertain; apparently an alteration of bumblebee. According to Wilfrid Granville (A Dictionary of Sailors’ Slang, 1962), “they were modelled on the oyster-fishing boats of the Mumbles district near Swansea”.

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