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Tramp steamer   /træmp stˈimər/   Listen
Tramp steamer

noun
1.
A commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule.  Synonym: tramp.





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"Tramp steamer" Quotes from Famous Books



... hot—merely calm, grey, and even showery, our only excitements being an occasional school of porpoises or the sight of a passing tramp steamer. ...
— A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil • T. R. Swinburne
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... know some of them. They were all strangers. In such cases, unless one is in a hurry such as I was, for my return was urgent, it is best to tackle some cargo boat. It is often possible to get a passage for a quarter the mail-boat fare, for the tramp steamer's captain looks on the fare as his own and never mentions passengers to the owner. But I couldn't wait for a good old tramp, and at last, in despair, my friend and a friend of his and I clubbed everything together that was valuable ...
— A Tramp's Notebook • Morley Roberts
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... a man living in my hotel who should make a good story. He's been around the world. Worked in England, Bulgaria, Russia, Siberia, China and everywhere. Was cook on a tramp steamer in the south seas. A remarkable ...
— A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago • Ben Hecht
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Words linked to "Tramp steamer" :   steamship, steamer


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