liner
/ˈlaɪnɚ/ noun C2- A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
- A ship of the line.
- A line drive. · The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.
- A basic salesperson.
- Something with a specified number of lines.
- A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line. · 94 liner
Plural liners
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Exactly sixty years ago, I stood on the deck of a colossal ocean liner, watching the gray docks of Southampton recede into an impenetrable fog.
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