deck passenger
- a word derived from deck passage.
Example Sentences
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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
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I went up the Mississippi as a deck passenger, sleeping at night sometimes on planks, at other times on bags of oats piled on the deck about six feet high.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.
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
“You’re going to pass close to that boat, aren’t you, Captain?” asked the bridge deck passenger.
From The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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