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stowaway

noun

  1. person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus, in order to travel without paying and without being detected
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Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊəˌweɪ/

noun

Etymology: From stow away, from stow and away.

  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.””

    “In every sense of the expression he is ‘on deck’; but my Jim, for the most part, skulked down below as though he had been a stowaway.”