hurricane deck
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of hurricane deck
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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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
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
I heard it, 'way up on th' hurricane deck, an' hustled right down here fast as I could run.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
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
Until he joined her Tiny had indeed been the only soul on the hurricane deck, where she stood, leaning on the after-rail, with eyes for nothing but the steamer's track.
From Tiny Luttrell by Hornung, Ernest William
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