tramp steamer

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Origin of tramp steamer

First recorded in 1885–90

“We went on to Tramp…He was the most hideous dancer I had ever seen,” she tells the Mail.
From Playboy Prince to Dirty Old Man?|Tom Sykes|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One minute the script, the next a story about Ivor Novello's tailor or the Tahiti steamer schedule in the Thirties.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Toledo is a tough city, a factory town, a freight train junction, a lake steamer port.
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water|P. J. O’Rourke|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lester is a strange little man alone in a cabin, not far from The Tramp locked in his cabin in The Gold Rush.
James Franco: How Cormac McCarthy Changed My Life|James Franco|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As for the Little Tramp himself, his corpse was reburied in a concrete grave to prevent future snatching.
Invasion of the Celebrity Body Snatchers, From Charlie Chaplin to Casey Kasem|Melissa Leon|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The day before the steamer reached Southampton, Mamma asked her if she would not like to see the ayah again.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Dinner was spread in the cabin of that peerless steamer, the New World, and a splendid company were assembled about the table.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The cheerful sound of music came from the deck of a big saloon steamer, bearing its crowd of noisy tourists.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Very often we hardly know how a steamer or a sailing vessel looks, much less the mode of life on board them.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
Down coast, and Whitehaven; the manager of the company was my friend, and would allow the steamer to drop me at Peel.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow