hurricane deck
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hurricane deck
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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In his cabin on the hurricane deck, First Assistant Radio Officer George I. Alagna was awakened by a heavy trampling of feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were not under the necessity of being 'grub-staked' by anyone, or more ostentatiously on the hurricane deck of a cayuse.
From Time Magazine Archive
“What is the matter now, Fannie?” asked Billie, who was standing in the front of her car, her arms folded, like a captain on the hurricane deck of his ship.
From The Motor Maids' School Days by Stokes, Katherine
Three hours later I bade Mr. Leversidge farewell on the hurricane deck of the American mail-boat.
From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
When the Mollie Able's bow touched the bank and a line had been thrown out, a gang-plank was shoved ashore, and the skipper came down from the hurricane deck to give his passenger a "send-off."
From Rodney The Partisan by Castlemon, Harry
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