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View synonyms for port of call
port of call
noun
- a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.
port of call
noun
- any port where a ship stops, excluding its home port
- any place visited on a traveller's itinerary
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Word History and Origins
Origin of port of call1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
No old sailor breathes who does not desire to know the casual course of his ship and the next port-of-call.
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That was a new port to me, and it wasn't a port-of-call at all till the English took it.
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Despite her wealth Eloise was no different from the port-of-call girls.
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