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
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, a helicopter landed nearby as divers took off their orange suits on the quayside.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
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
Mrs Hoskins' body was found by her then 15-year-old daughter Katie at their home on the quayside in Portsmouth in February 1996.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
Some migrants on the quayside in Lampedusa placed towels over their heads to shield themselves from the late summer sun as they waited to be transferred to Sicily by ferry.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
Once he was up on the quayside he shook himself, sending great sheets of water flying in all directions, till his fur was standing up thickly again.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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