trunk cabin

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noun

a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft.Compare doghouse (def. 2).

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Origin of trunk cabin

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby trunk cabin

trundle, trundle bed, trundler, trundletail, trunk, trunk cabin, trunk call, trunk curl, trunk engine, trunkfish, trunkful

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In December, he did his first trunk shows in Paris and New York.
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A declaration of candidacy signed by Cuomo was in the trunk of his car.
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“I was a little nervous every time I took the camera out [of the trunk] that it would take me over,” he says.
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Looking through photographs from the early days of U.S. airlines, I found a shot of the cabin of the Boeing 247, circa 1934.
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They wanted Jet Blue to squeeze more passengers into the cabin.
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The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.
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A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
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Dinner was spread in the cabin of that peerless steamer, the New World, and a splendid company were assembled about the table.
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Robert assisted her into the hammock which swung from the post before her door out to the trunk of a tree.
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But he was so surprisingly dexterous with his lips, and feet too, when he was in his cabin that I suppose I put them down to that.
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British Dictionary definitions for trunk cabin

trunk cabin

noun

nautical a long relatively low cabin above the deck of a yacht

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