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steamship line

n. a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships [syn: steamship company]

Usage examples of "steamship line".

Since it was the highly estimable Eastern Steamship Line running daily up the coast from Boston to Bangor, the brochure avoided such harsh terms in favor of the overblown moniker third-class lounge.

I own that I felt quite like a commanding officer planning an attack as I studied timetables and sailing schedules, bullied the steamship line's clerk into telegraphing Liverpool to confirm our cabin, and arranged matters so that we would be on the high seas on a fast liner before sunsetwith the great port of New York only six days and some hours ahead of us.

The Swede did, however, accept a note which would get him a job with a steamship line if ever he needed it.

He motioned Pitt and Loren to sit at a hatch-cover table lain with an elegant silver and china service bearing the emblem of a French transatlantic steamship line.

George will know how to find out where the Istria is quick enough, by phoning the steamship line.

We decided on the latter course, although it did mean waiting for a couple of days, with the sudden demand on the steamship line by businessmen as well as tourists.

Through a series of untraceable steps he ruined many powerful men: the president of a bank, the head of an insurance company, the owner of a steamship line, and others.

I learned just tonight, from the steamship line in Rio, that she had received a message from him while we were coming down on the boat, the first afternoon while I was away from the stateroom.