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

I hastened to the landing and learned that a boat would leave within half an hour and that fifty cents would secure a deck passage to Bolanyo.

From Project Gutenberg

His efforts to belittle the miracle, to suggest the mouth instead of the stomach,—to suggest that Jonah took deck passage, or lodged in the forecastle instead of in the cabin or steerage,— to suggest motion as a means of avoiding digestion, is a serious theological blunder, and may cause the loss of many souls.

From Project Gutenberg

At Gallipoli, a large Turkish town handsomely situated at the mouth of the Dardanelles, we took on board the Turkish governor, with his pipe-bearer and train of attendants, escorted by thirty or forty boats, containing three or four hundred 216people, his mightiness taking a deck passage.

From Project Gutenberg

That cash ought to carry him a hundred or two miles along the river on a boat, deck passage.”

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg