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

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

Then I could not make up my mind whether to disguise myself as a native, and take a deck passage; or whether to go on board with a bag, and book first-class to Bussorah.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman

It was a fine morning and we were enjoying ourselves with a deck passage at that.

From The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster by George P. Bissell

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 Herman Melville

We took a deck passage for three shillings, in preference to paying twenty for the cabin, and having secured a vacant place near the chimney, kept it during the whole passage.

From Views a-foot by Bayard Taylor

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