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stow away |
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stow something away to pack something away. I have to stow my clothes away before I go to bed. Please stow away your things and get right to work. See also: away stow away to conceal oneself in a vehicle, originally a ship, in order to travel without paying. Don got to this country by stowing away on a cargo ship. See also: away How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That is my estimate of the number of beds we could stow away in the cubic feet you offer us. It was all fitted with lockers from top to bottom, so as to stow away the officers' belongings and a part of the ship's stores; there was a second store-room underneath, which you entered by a hatchway in the middle of the deck; indeed, all the best of the meat and drink and the whole of the powder were collected in this place; and all the firearms, except the two pieces of brass ordnance, were set in a rack in the aftermost wall of the round-house. Perhaps we had better stow away our visitor for the night. |
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