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tramp steamer

tramp steamer noun: a commercial steamship that has no regular schedule or published ports of call.

Noun

tramp steamer (plural tramp steamers)

  1. A commercial steamship that has no regular schedule or published ports of call.
    • They found out I was bright, so they figured I'd make a good labor organizer when I got out of school. When I left at the end of the summer, they carefully instructed me how to shag a tramp steamer in 'Frisco going south, lending me an old union card so I could work my passage as a deck hand.1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 16
    Synonyms:
    ocean tramp

tramp steamer meaning in Tamil

tramp steamer in Tamil

நாடோடுக் கப்பல்

Synonyms of tramp steamer

Forms of tramp steamer

pluraltramp steamers

Questions about tramp steamer

What does tramp steamer mean?
Tramp steamer means a commercial steamship that has no regular schedule or published ports of call.
What is tramp steamer in Tamil?
Tramp steamer in Tamil is நாடோடுக் கப்பல். See Tramp steamer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tramp steamer?
Tramp steamer is a noun.
What is the plural of tramp steamer?
The plural of tramp steamer is tramp steamers.

Words near tramp steamer in the dictionary

  1. tramp data
  2. tramp iron
  3. tramp juice
  4. tramp stamp
  5. tramp stamps
  6. tramp steamer
  7. tramp steamers
  8. tramp trade
  9. tramp-pick
  10. tramp-picks
  11. trampage

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