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This week's theme Words with nautical origins. This week's words mainstay figurehead steerage Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg steerage PRONUNCIATION: (STEER-ij) MEANING: noun: The part of a ship offered to those traveling at the cheapest rate. ETYMOLOGY: From the fact that originally this section was located near the rudder of the ship. USAGE: "The seats in steerage are too small and close together, and spending nine hours in one is a dreadful way for a big guy to start a vacation." Christopher Elliott; Don't Always Rely On Awards Miles; The Sacramento Bee (California); Aug 17, 2008. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach. -Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel laureate (1872-1970)

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