shaft alley
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Dan Hicks explained the situation and the just cause for drastic action which they held against the fugitive in the shaft alley.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
I clane forgot the little companion hatch at the ind av the shaft alley.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
The oil and grease of the shaft alley, the week-old stubble of beard, the wan, red-rimmed eyes which shone from hollow sockets—these made a picture of desperate adventure.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
Stirling dodged around the first and second intermediate cylinders, rested a hand on the huge low-pressure cylinder; then he dropped to one knee, squirmed beneath the tail shaft, and started crawling down the shaft alley.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
He traced these seams and found that they ended in a coaming at each side of the shaft alley.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
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