Steam-packet

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  1. 1
    A packet boat powered by steam.

    "Every preparation was now made: one day more and they were at Dover, and the next they embarked on board the steam-packet."

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"Every preparation was now made: one day more and they were at Dover, and the next they embarked on board the steam-packet."

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