workawayn.

Brit.

/ˈwəːkəweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈwərkəˌweɪ/

Forms: 1800s– workaway, 1900s– work-a-way.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work v., stowaway n.

Etymology: < work v. + -away (in stowaway n.). In later use (especially in form work-a-way) probably reinforced by association with way n.¹; compare (with slightly different sense) to work one's way at work v. Phrases 6a and also to work one's passage at work v. Phrases 7.

U.S. Now chiefly historical.

A person who works his or her passage on a ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > [noun] > passenger or types of > who works his passage

workaway1890

1890 Immigration Rep. 1 Sept. in 21st Ann. Rep. Board of Commissioners Public Charities (Pennsylvania) (1891) 368 During the year there were 21 workaways and 75 stowaways discovered.

1933 M. Pell S.S. Utah 58 The workaway, a quiet young Swede, also went.

1945 Seafarers' Log 20 July 3/3 From there [i.e. from Honolulu] they were sent as workaways back to San Francisco.

1973 Art Internat. Mar. 100/2 If one didn't have the price, one could present one's self to a ship's purser and ask for a job as a workaway.

2000 R. Cressman Official Chronol. U.S. Navy World War II 91/2 The 34 survivors (30 crewmen and four workaways) of the 36 men that had been on board.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	workaway
释义	workawayn. Brit. /ˈwəːkəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈwərkəˌweɪ/ Forms: 1800s– workaway, 1900s– work-a-way. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work v., stowaway n. Etymology: < work v. + -away (in stowaway n.). In later use (especially in form work-a-way) probably reinforced by association with way n.¹; compare (with slightly different sense) to work one's way at work v. Phrases 6a and also to work one's passage at work v. Phrases 7. U.S. Now chiefly historical. A person who works his or her passage on a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > [noun] > passenger or types of > who works his passage workaway1890 1890 Immigration Rep. 1 Sept. in 21st Ann. Rep. Board of Commissioners Public Charities (Pennsylvania) (1891) 368 During the year there were 21 workaways and 75 stowaways discovered. 1933 M. Pell S.S. Utah 58 The workaway, a quiet young Swede, also went. 1945 Seafarers' Log 20 July 3/3 From there [i.e. from Honolulu] they were sent as workaways back to San Francisco. 1973 Art Internat. Mar. 100/2 If one didn't have the price, one could present one's self to a ship's purser and ask for a job as a workaway. 2000 R. Cressman Official Chronol. U.S. Navy World War II 91/2 The 34 survivors (30 crewmen and four workaways) of the 36 men that had been on board. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1890
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