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And then I saw his gaze turn toward the hatch of the under deck passenger cabin.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

The thought of a trip across the Bay of Biscay as deck passenger on the Rewa was not very attractive, but our fears on this point were soon allayed by one of the ship's officers.

From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John

Accompanied by his "manduck," the fellow had crossed from Paumben as a deck passenger on a British India steamer.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland

A small boat put off from the sailing vessel and the bridge deck passenger, his noticeable bag included, was transferred.

From The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

In the year 1907 John Fanshawe Dawnay-Devenish arrived in a certain Far Eastern port, deck passenger aboard a Dutch tramp out of Batavia.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 by Various