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

Montreal to Quebec, by steam-boat, 180 miles, cabin, found, 1 pound, 5 shillings; deck passage, not found, 7 shillings 6 pence.

From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill

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

Therefore deck passage had to be taken and without meals.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Ben W. Warden

Whitehall to St. John's, by steam-boat, board included, cabin 5 dollars; deck passage 2 dollars without board.

From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill

Folsom carried cord-wood to pay for a deck passage down river.

From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Ellingwood Beach

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