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Accommodation for poor sailors? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steerage

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'accommodation' is the definition.
(I know that steerage is a type of accommodation)

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(Other definitions for steerage that I've seen before include "cheap way to travel" , "Course" , "Old word for cheapest passenger accommodation in ship" , "It's the cheapest way to go by sea" , "avoided by the "posh" set" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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