chalkpit
- a quarry for chalk
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Examples from the Web for chalkpit
Historical Examples
One day Jim Crow discovered a chalkpit among the rocks at the north of the forest, just beyond the edge of trees.
Twinkle and ChubbinsL. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
There were once four children who spent their summer holidays in a white house, happily situated between a sandpit and a chalkpit.
The Story of the AmuletE. Nesbit