stowaway
a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
Origin of stowaway
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How to use stowaway in a sentence
It has not been easy to forge peace with these silent stowaways nor to accept the fact that a surgery to remove them would likely cause more damage.
Invasive stowaways may be more likely to survive this shorter trip.
Explainer: What is an invasive species? | Jaime Chambers | January 6, 2022 | Science News For StudentsA father and son were in for a bit of a shock this past Saturday when they discovered an unlikely stowaway that had traveled with them all the way from Las Vegas to Maine.
Las Vegas bird can’t remember how it ended up in Maine | Margo Milanowski | November 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThere are stowaways in the trunk of the warden’s car who want to take the story in one direction.
Key sources of snakes into New Zealand include stowaways in cargo ships, smugglers at airports, and enterprising swimmers.
But when England began trading with the Orient, the cockroach grew venturesome, and began putting to sea as a stowaway.
The Crow's Nest | Clarence Day, Jr.If Bothwell were on board the ship as a stowaway the aspect of affairs was more serious even than we had thought.
The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod RaineMore likely to be a stowaway on a merchantman and then roustabout on a cattle boat, or some such thing.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby LincolnTwo years before this he had been a stowaway from England to America, and he was not discovered for several days.
Beggars | W. H. (William Henry) DaviesThe Captain's gaze settled on the stowaway's spotless white shirt and collar.
West Wind Drift | George Barr McCutcheon
British Dictionary definitions for stowaway
/ (ˈstəʊəˌweɪ) /
a person who hides aboard a vehicle, ship, or aircraft in order to gain free passage
(intr, adverb) to travel in such a way
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with stowaway
Put aside or store something until needed, as in We generally stow away the lawn furniture in the toolshed. [Late 1700s]
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