Airliner vs Tramper - What's the difference?
airliner | tramper |
One who tramps.
(chiefly, New Zealand) A recreational hiker.
* 2007 , Linda Barnard, "Train trek carries travellers over New Zealand's alpine backbone," Toronto Star , 29 Dec., p. T9:
(industry) A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found for example in cotton gins and trash processors.
* {{quote-book, title=Cotton Ginner's Handbook, author=W.S. Anthony, D.W. Van Doorn, and Douglas Herber, year=1995, chapter=Packaging Lint Cotton, page=123, isbn=078812420X
, passage=The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box.}}
(nautical) A ship, typically a bulk freighter, which does not travel on a fixed route; compare liner.
* {{quote-book, title=Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History, author=Robert C. Keither, page=194, year=2005, isbn=0801879809
, passage=A Greek ship wants 30 pounds of feta cheese, a British tramper requests five cases of steak and kidney pies, a Japanese auto carrier orders 75 pints of boiled octopus,
As nouns the difference between airliner and tramper
is that airliner is a passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline while tramper is hitchhiker.airliner
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(wikipedia airliner)See also
* aeroplane * aircraft * airplane * jet * jet airplane * jet plane * jet-propelled plane * passenger-carryingtramper
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Noun
(en noun)- It's a popular spot for hikers, or trampers as they call them here.
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