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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A commercial vessel that has no regular schedule but takes on and discharges cargo whenever hired to do so.
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- noun nautical a
commercial steamship that has noregular schedule orpublished ports of call
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
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