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nap(h)tha launch Obs. 
a motor launch using naphtha as fuel.
- 1906 Upon returning to the city [Victoria] they go, perhaps to one of the boat houses and secure seats in a naptha launch.
- 1923 There have been times when . . . skimming away in little naptha launches . . . has seemed an enviable lot.
- 1906 Upon returning to the city [Victoria] they go, perhaps to one of the boat houses and secure seats in a naptha launch.