ocean tramp

noun

ocean tramp

noun

1

Synonym of tramp steamer.

She was a massive lady, with a prominent forehead, some half-dozen chins, and a manner towards those in her employment which would have been resented in a second mate by the crew of a Western ocean tramp.1911, P. G. Wodehouse, The Best Sauce:

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