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

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Etymology

Origin of deck passage

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

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Example Sentences

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deck passage

My father also went with us, and so did Mr. Willard and his wife, the whole party taking deck passage on a Mississippi steamer, and arriving at St. Paul in the month of August.

From Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant by Hans Mattson

Here he obtained a loan of fifteen dollars and took deck passage on a boat to Louisville, going thence to Shipping Port to see his son Victor.

From John James Audubon by John Burroughs

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 Mark Twain

The captain told me he could not give my family even a deck passage, so crowded was the vessel.

From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy

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

From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman

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