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STOWAWAY
stowaway
(noun) a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stowaway (plural stowaways)
A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.
Anagrams
• towaways
Source: Wiktionary
Stow"a*way`, n.
Definition: One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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