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- noun Alternative spelling of
steamship .
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Examples
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And join the chorus that cried over the automobile, the steam-ship, and mechanized agriculture.
"I tend to think technology addiction has to do with fear of, or aversion to, direct human contact." Ann Althouse 2009
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It is apparently a Victorian hat-box, back from the days when people traveled by steam-ship.
More Bits and Bobs and LOOK! Look what I found! Heather McDougal 2007
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The _Mayflower_ was a steam-ship of 2200 tons burthen, her length 336 feet, and her extreme breadth 60.
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The steam-ship line between New York and Colón, also government-run, was earning a profit of some $150,000 a year.
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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The steam-ship line between New York and Colón, also government-run, was earning a profit of some $150,000 a year.
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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There is no limit to the oddities of the steam-ship
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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Royal Mail steam-ship Athenian, commander Lowrie, arriving in Liverpool
Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Martin Robinson Delany
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I didn't get the job, but filed my application and was lucky enough to be signed on for a sailing on February 22 on the steam-ship _Cambrian_, bound for London.
A Yankee in the Trenches Robert Derby Holmes
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The Lord willing, I look to leave Liverpool by steam-ship 'Scandinavian,' March 7th.
God's Answers A Record of Miss Annie Macpherson's Work at the Home of Industry, Spitalfields, London, and in Canada Clara M. S. Lowe
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Hotels and steam-ship companies, special inducements were held out to visitors during the months of May and June, in the way of reduced fares, and the success of the venture will doubtless lead to its continuance.
Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java Thomas H. Reid
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