homeward-boundern.
/ˌhəʊmwədˈbaʊndə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmwərdˈbaʊndər/ colloquial. Now historical.
A homeward-bound vessel or sailor. Cf. outward-bounder n. 1.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > outward- or homeward-bound vessel
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outward-bounder1851
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1837 Fraser's Mag. July 47/2 Danby cruised about to the northward of Ascension, just in the track of the homeward-bounders.
1839 Morning Chron. 4 Oct. They met with the girls, who seated themselves on each side of the ‘homeward-bounder’, who foolishly displayed his money.
1897 Daily News 2 June 8/6 What time the homeward bounders were heading..for the white cliffs of opposite Albion.
1930 Times 30 May 12/1 Never again is such a sight likely as that at the entrance to the English Channel on May 10, 1870, when no fewer than 300 homeward bounders from every clime were visible from the deck.
1962 Mariner's Mirror 48 234 Replacements were easily obtained..and were very glad to get a berth in a homeward-bounder.
2004 J. Needle Spithead Nymph v. 53 Half of them had been took as homeward-bounders, probably looking forward to a week or two in bed with missus..before they sailed the deep again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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