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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a tiny, one-man speedboat driven by a powerful motor and much used for racing, so called because it skims the surface of the water.
Quotations
1958
If your predictions about the boat-boom are correct--and I'm afraid they are--it shouldn't be long before we can cross from island to mainland by hopping from one sea-flea to the next, like Eliza crossing the ice.
1959
Seven distributors are lining the southwest corner of the plaza with boats, ranging from sea fleas to cabin cruisers. . . .