tramp steamer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tramp steamer
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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In 1950, at 18, Jacques went to sea on a tramp steamer running coal between Dunkirk, France, and Algiers, the capital of Algeria, the rebellious French possession.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
This seminal science-fiction movie was in effect a transposition to outer of a Conrad novel about a run-down tramp steamer picking up a lethally dangerous passenger from a remote island.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2012
A little tramp steamer, her name roughly painted out, chugged into the harbor, noisily dropped her mud hook.
From Time Magazine Archive
They skied some 100 miles from Oslo, over the mountains to the sea, got aboard a fishing smack and later a tramp steamer, which took them to England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another possibility was taking a boat or a tramp steamer, but that might be too prolonged.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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