shaft alley
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"Where's that man that's hurt?" he asked as he came, slowly, from an inspection of the burned-out bearings down the shaft alley.
From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
He called a fireman and gave him some very explicit orders in German; whereupon the man disappeared in the shaft alley.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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
Out of the shaft alley came Scraggs with a rush, tossing his wrench aside the better to climb the ladder.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
I clane forgot the little companion hatch at the ind av the shaft alley.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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