check line
Americannoun
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a checkrein.
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Nautical. a line for controlling the progress of a vessel, as along a quay.
Example Sentences
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I followed a herd of people toward the entrance where we went through a security checkpoint, then a bag check line, which took about 30 minutes to get through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
Cooke, Haberkorn and his family — including his 77-year-old mother, wife and four daughters — were waiting in the coat check line when the millionaire heiress reportedly got impatient.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
The coat check line is like Ikea on a Saturday, so we wear ours.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2018
Convention hall floors, plastic cups of boxed wine, a coat check line that rivals today’s security at Dulles and dubious “entertainment” — the perfunctory entertainment of the president and first lady dancing, excluded of course.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 19, 2017
Hold her with the check line for a moment, Mister Mate.
From Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph
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