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Cheap accommodation on a cattle boat? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

steerage

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'cheap accommodation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cattle boat?' is the wordplay.
'cattle' becomes 'steer' (steer is a kind of cattle).
'boat?' becomes 'age' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'steer'+'age'='STEERAGE'

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(Other definitions for steerage that I've seen before include "Densely-packed travellers here" , "Old word for cheapest passenger accommodation in ship" , "Course" , "Part of ship with lowest fares" , "Ship's accommodation with lowest fares" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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