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Castaway

Castaway

Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

97. Castaway

  1. Arden, Enoch shipwrecked sailor; lost for eleven years. [Br. Lit.: “Enoch Arden” in Benét, 316]
  2. Bligh, Captain commander of H.M.S. Bounty who was cast adrift by mutinous crew. [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty ]
  3. Byam, Roger crew member of the Bounty cast onto South Sea island. [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty ]
  4. Crichton resourceful butler who leads master and his family through difficulties on deserted island. [Br. Lit.: Admirable Crichton ]
  5. Crusoe, Robinson shipwreck victim who lives on desert island with savage he names Friday. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe ]
  6. Gilligan’s Island comedy about a party shipwrecked on a South Pacific island. [TV: Terrace, I, 312–313]
  7. Gunn, Ben marooned pirate, helps secure treasure hidden on island. [Br. Lit.: Treasure Island ]
  8. Lost in Space family is shipwrecked in space. [TV: Terrace, II, 38–39]
  9. Selkirk, Alexander real-life prototype of Robinson Crusoe. [Br. Hist.: EB, IX: 45]
  10. Smith, Cyrus knowledgeable engineer makes life bearable for castaway party on deserted island. [Fr. Lit.: Mysterious Island ]
  11. Swiss Family Robinson family shipwrecked on a deserted island. [Br. Lit.: Swiss Family Robinson ]
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cast·a·way / ˈkastəˌwā/ • n. a person who has been shipwrecked and stranded in an isolated place. ∎  an outcast.

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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

castaway, a shipwrecked sailor, as opposed to one who has been marooned, or deliberately put ashore from his ship.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

castaway rejected, reprobate; and as sb. XVI. f. pp. of CAST + AWAY.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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