stow » stole
Spotted in the wild:
- “Lemuel Horlick” was a stole-away on ship to Newfoundland, st Johns… in 1840. (Heartstone online review, Apr. 22, 2001)
- I know that they were both born in Galway County, Ireland and Patrick came to New York, New York as a stole away on board a ship. (LaSalle County Illinois Queries, Dec. 10, 2001)
- It had been a long journey from America aboard the container ship and as a stole away he didn’t exactly enjoy luxury accommodations aboard ship. (Aozos forum, Jan. 28, 2005)
It’s understandable why the relatively uncommon term stow in stow(-)away might be replaced with stole, based on the phrasal verb steal/stole away (‘to leave furtively and stealthily’).
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