afterdeck
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of afterdeck
Example Sentences
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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
In the mammoth dining saloon amidships or in the tonier Verandah Grill on the afterdeck, first-class passengers ate sirloin steaks, Timbale de Volaille P�rigord, pineapple souffle, coupe Jacques.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most remarkable, perhaps, was a three-foot dent in the armored afterdeck of the Nevada, as though a cosmic giant had set his boot there.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the years he had a succession of little sailboats, each needing only two for a crew, each with a dental chair and firm foothold for the doctor on the afterdeck.
From Time Magazine Archive
She fed them on the afterdeck, pressing honeyed biscuits on Young Griff and hitting Duck’s hand with her spoon whenever he made a grab for more bacon.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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