Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cargo stowed on the deck of a vessel; a deck-load.
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Examples
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This place is sealed tighter than water-damageable deck-cargo.
The Shadow Of The Lion Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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When the car arrived at the outskirts of the town, the deck-cargo was dumped by the conductor.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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On the 'Aurora' it was carried as deck-cargo, and at the Main
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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Mr. Badcock pocketed his flute in some dudgeon, and for occupation fell to drinking with Mr. Fett; whose potations, if they did not sensibly lighten the ship, heightened, at least, her semblance of buoyancy with a deck-cargo of empty bottles.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Captain Jo waved an arm to include all the deck-cargo.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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In such a monstrous deck-cargo, all poised above the donkey's shoulders, with nothing below to balance, on a brand-new pack-saddle that had not yet been worn to fit the animal, and fastened with brand-new girths that might be expected to stretch and slacken by the way, even a very careless traveller should have seen disaster brewing.
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In such a monstrous deck-cargo, all poised above the donkey's shoulders, with nothing below to balance, on a brand-new pack-saddle that had not yet been worn to fit the animal, and fastened with brand-new girths that might be expected to stretch and slacken by the way, even a very careless traveller should have seen disaster brewing.
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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In such a monstrous deck-cargo, all poised above the donkey's shoulders, with nothing below to balance, on a brand-new pack-saddle that had not yet been worn to fit the animal, and fastened with brand-new girths that might be expected to stretch and slacken by the way, even a very careless traveller should have seen disaster brewing.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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So there was I, left alone in my glory at Falesá; and when the schooner came round I filled her up, and gave her a deck-cargo half as high as the house.
Island Nights' Entertainments Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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We'll ship her aboard the Kingston packet, bein 'of a size that she'll carry comfortable as deck-cargo; and soon as we get to Kingstown we'll -- "
Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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