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stowaway

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stow·a·way  (st-w)
n.
A person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance in order to obtain free passage.
stowaway [ˈstəʊəˌweɪ]
n
a person who hides aboard a vehicle, ship, or aircraft in order to gain free passage
vb stow away
(intr, adverb) to travel in such a way
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stowawaystowaway - a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
Translations
stowaway [ˈstəʊəweɪ] N → polizón m, llovido m
stowaway [ˈstəʊəweɪ] n → passager/ère m/f clandestin(e)
stowaway
n → blinder Passagier
stowaway [ˈstəʊəˌweɪ] n → passeggero/a clandestino/a
stowaway [ˈstəʊəˌweɪ] n → passeggero/a clandestino/a


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He looked back rapidly, looked down the avenue of a squalid and unlovely life, saw himself the child of drink-sodden and brutal parents, remembered the Board School with its unlovely surroundings, his struggles at a dreary trade, his running away and the fierce draughts of delight which the joy and freedom of the sea had brought to him on the morning when he had crept on deck, a stowaway, to be lashed with every rope-end and to do the dirty work of every one.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
The night was still young, and within ten miles there was the best of ports in a storm, and hundreds of holds for the humble stowaway to choose from.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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