Example Sentences

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Thence I wandered, still on foot, to Rome and Civita Vecchia, where I bought a ticket as deck-passenger to Marseilles, and then tramped on to Paris through the cold winter rains.

From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Cody, Sherwin

The commonest deck-passenger on board a Swedish or Norwegian steamer is treated with courtesy.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

On board, whilst I was amusing myself forward, I was accosted by a deck-passenger, whom I recollected to have seen at Harmony.

From A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by Ferrall, S. A. (Simon Ansley)