afterdeck
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of afterdeck
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Griffin says he wouldn’t have imagined when he was a student assigned the squalid work of scraping barnacles from scientific instruments on the afterdeck how crucial they would prove to science.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 23, 2023
But all gathered good-humoredly about the radios in the smoking room and afterdeck to hear the play-by-play reports.
From Time Magazine Archive
An afterdeck seating area is designed for dining alfresco.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reporters and officials who boarded the Samaria at Quarantine found the refugees assembled on the tourist-class afterdeck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tyrion pulled on his boots and descended to the afterdeck, where Griff sat wrapped in a wolfskin cloak beside an iron brazier.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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