Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a cabin partly below and partly above the spardeck.
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Examples
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This call was uttered from a wharf of the renowned city of Manhattan, to one who was in the trunk-cabin of a clipper-looking craft, of the name mentioned, and on the deck of which not a soul was visible.
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Manhattan, to one who was in the trunk-cabin of a clipper-looking craft, of the name mentioned, and on the deck of which not a soul was visible.
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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The Spanish vessel was Baltimore, or clipper built, with a trunk-cabin, and had every appearance of sailing fast.
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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