cattleship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cattleship
Example Sentences
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He sailed to England on a cattleship, batting around at many an odd job and alwayssto this he attributes his success—always keeping "well-dressed and well-groomed."
From Time Magazine Archive
The stables were crowded with bunks and men—like a cattleship forecastle.
From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur
It was in this quarter, for a brief sweet time, that Love and Beauty made their strange home, as though a pair of halcyons should choose to nest in the masthead of a cattleship.
From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Le Gallienne, Richard
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