shaft alley
Americannoun
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The sentry they had placed on guard stood high on the gratings overlooking the opening to the shaft alley.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
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
Minion was nursing a stubbornly warm bearing in the port shaft alley.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins
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 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
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