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  • They entered one of the gangways, leading from the central chamber, which the mine boss said was known as Gangway No. 1.

    Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines Kirk Monroe

  • I had summoned twenty or thirty of the successful applicants to let me look over them; and as I walked into the hall, one of them, a well-set-up man, called out sharply to the others, "Gangway," making them move to one side.

    VI. The New York Police 1913

  • I had summoned twenty or thirty of the successful applicants to let me look over them; and as I walked into the hall, one of them, a well-set-up man, called out sharply to the others, "Gangway," making them move to one side.

    An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

  • Dr. "Gangway" McGowan had the ship's carpenter nail a nice, smooth piece of board over a hole in the wire netting of his cabin door; some wag took advantage of the opportunity, and lettered plainly the following, on its white surface:

    A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Russell Doubleday 1910

  • "If some one does not start some kind of excitement I will go to sleep in my tracks, and Doctor 'Gangway' says I mustn't sleep out of doors."

    A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Russell Doubleday 1910

  • I had summoned twenty or thirty of the successful applicants to let me look over them; and as I walked into the hall, one of them, a well-set-up man, called out sharply to the others, "Gangway," making them move to one side.

    Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888

  • Her foundation will be called Passerelle ( "Gangway") because it will be "a platform to put artists and technicians in contact, to encourage them to set up associations and work on projects together".

    News24 Top Stories 2009

  • Gangway out!” called the second officer; and when this was accomplished, “That will do.”

    THE SEA FARMER 2010

  • I couldn't run squealing to Bombay or Calcutta bawling "Gangway - and a first-class ticket home, quick!"

    Fiancée 2010

  • Regarding the members of the photo you mentioned- one of my favorite Westlake novels is Gangway which he wrote with Brian Garfield.

    Don Westlake by Robert Byrne Ed Gorman 2009

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