shaft alley
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
"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)
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
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
A faint cheer came from the shaft alley.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
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