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stowaway

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stowaway stow

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stowaway/ˈstəʊəweɪ/

▶noun a person who stows away.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stow/stəʊ/

▶verb

1 pack or store (an object) tidily in an appropriate place.

2 (stow away) conceal oneself on a ship, aircraft, etc. so as to travel without paying or surreptitiously.

– phrases
stow it! informal be quiet!

– derivatives
stowage noun.

– origin ME: shortening of bestow.

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