quayside
Americannoun
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the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
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the edge of a quay where it meets the water.
noun
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Families of servicemen and women lined the quayside in San Diego, California, to welcome home loved ones they have not seen for almost a year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
It opened in 2002 in a converted flour mill, a key part of the regeneration of the Gateshead quayside on the south bank of the River Tyne.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
She’s glad to see him, too, but as is so often the case with cabaret chanteuses in quayside bars, she awaits her true love, the father of her young boy.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Today, the ultra-rich can fly into Singapore's private jet terminal, live it up in luxurious quayside neighbourhoods, and speculate on the world's first diamond trading exchange.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
Then she would retire to her cabin, where she stayed groaning and trembling until the ship was firmly tied up at the quayside in Oslo harbour the next day.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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