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steerage

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steerage
1. the cheapest accommodation on a passenger ship, originally the compartments containing the steering apparatus
2. an instance or the practice of steering and the effect of this on a vessel or vehicle
steerage [′stir·ij]
(naval architecture)
The least desirable portions of a vessel used for accommodations for passengers who pay the lowest fare.
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On this deck, between the break of the poop and the steerage companion, stood the galley.
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One of the hunters, a tall, loose-jointed chap named Henderson, was going aft at the time from the steerage (the name the hunters facetiously gave their midships sleeping quarters) to the cabin.
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Why repeat steerage gossip, about mysterious cargoes, at the cuddy table?
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