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stowaways

stowaways is the plural of stowaway.

Meaning of stowaway

Noun

stowaway (plural stowaways)

  1. A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.
    • “Oh, I don't mind 'em, sir,” said Archy; “I knew it all before now. Didn't I hear 'em in the hold? And didn't I tell Cabaco here of it? What say ye, Cabaco? They are stowaways, Mr. Flask.”1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The First Lowering”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 242

Questions about stowaways

What is stowaways the plural of?
Stowaways is the plural of stowaway.

Words near stowaways in the dictionary

  1. stowadore
  2. stowadores
  3. stowage
  4. stowages
  5. stowaway
  6. stowaways
  7. stowboard
  8. stowboards
  9. stowbord
  10. stowbords
  11. stowce

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