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showboat (n.)

also show-boat, 1838, "river boat on which theatrical performances are given," from show (n.) + boat (n.). The verb meaning "to show off" is attested from 1951.

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Definitions of showboat from WordNet

showboat (n.)
a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River);
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