deck passage

American  

noun

1. overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.

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Other Word Forms

• deck passenger
  noun

Etymology

Origin of deck passage

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

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deck passage

Jim said we could take deck passage on a steamboat now, and the money would last us as far as we wanted to go in the free states.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark

As on the diligence he took an outside and plebeian seat, so, with the same secret motive of preserving unsuspected the character assumed, he took a deck passage in the packet.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman

In ordinary times fares ranged from ₱50 saloon accommodation to ₱8 a deck passage.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

Montreal to Quebec, by steam-boat, 180 miles, cabin, found, 1 pound, 5 shillings; deck passage, not found, 7 shillings 6 pence.

From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland

He soon left Buffalo, taking a deck passage on a schooner bound for Erie, furnishing his own bed and provisions and paying a fare of one dollar and a half.

From John James Audubon by Burroughs, John