Meanings of little coaster in English

A little coaster on the Mediterranean was in stress of storm.

Of course, the little coaster-captain hopped into the shrouds and squeaked a hail: 'Ship ahoy!

Ruby did not return in the little coaster in which he had left his native place.

And to think that two years ago I was working a little coaster at twenty quid a month!

And from Yarmouth he set sail for Scarborough, in a sturdy little coaster, which he hired by the week.

The British officer hesitated a moment, as if the little coaster was of too little importance for further examination.

No one was to be seen moving on shore, no one even on board the little coasters.

If it is the great galley there is an end of it; if it is one of their little coasters it might be managed.

These little coasters, surviving long after the stately merchant marine had vanished from blue water, have enjoyed a slant of favoring fortune in recent years.