/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Boom-Passenger (A)
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A convict on board ship, who was chained to the boom when made to take his daily exercise.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.