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
A faint light from the engine room illuminated the forward end of the shaft alley, and he crawled to this opening and peered through.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
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 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
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 Leverage, Henry
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