Bungo

·noun A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States.

bungo
A kind of boat used at the South. The most urgent steps were being taken to press every bungo and c...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bungo
, or bonga A sort of boat used in the Southern States of America, made of the bonga-tree hollowed ...

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