shaft alley
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A faint cheer came from the shaft alley.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
The glow from the overhead sun which streamed through the deck light brought out the details of the shaft alley as far aft as the second coupling.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
Minion was nursing a stubbornly warm bearing in the port shaft alley.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
He traced these seams and found that they ended in a coaming at each side of the shaft alley.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
Thereupon Hicks and Flaherty pelted him with lumps of coal, but the sole result of this assault was to force Scraggs further back into the shaft alley and out of range.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
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