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dunnage

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dun·nage  (dnj)
n.
1. Loose packing material used to protect a ship's cargo from damage during transport.
2. Personal baggage.

[Middle English dennage, from Middle Dutch denne, flooring of a ship.]

dunnage [ˈdʌnɪdʒ]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) loose material used for packing cargo
[of uncertain origin]

Dunnage baggage; clothes collectivelySlang Dictionary, 1874.


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A respectable hill of case goods, water-kegs, and personal dunnage was piled on the deck alongside.
The three of you sail with me, so pack your dunnage.
Everywhere was a thick litter of discarded and ragged garments, old sea-boots, leaky oilskins--all the worthless forecastle dunnage of a long voyage.
 
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