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  • From the boat-deck, with a bowline under Kwaque's arms and a turn of the rope around a pin,

    CHAPTER X 2010

  • The for'ard end of the boat-deck terminated in the bridge, which, instead of being raised above it, was part of it.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • Another flight of narrow, steep stairs invited, and he came out on the boat-deck.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • Leaping from the davits of the boat-deck above, they plunged downward, their faces and shoulders bowed forward, looking at the water.

    Under the Deck Awnings 2010

  • According to Mr. Clarke, the author decorated the two-story home himself, with wicker furniture in the study, blue boat-deck paint on the floors, and a stark bedroom with a simple bed and table.

    Truman Capote's Sagaponack Home on the Market for $14.6 Million 2008

  • We took off to the boat right after my reading on Friday and spent the night in a storm-tossed marina, looking through the windows on the boat-deck at the snapping cables and pretending we were on an airship.

    All Things Yesteryear yuki_onna 2007

  • The first salvo from the SCHARNHORST crashed into the RAWALPINDI'S high superstructure, wrecking the boat-deck and killing almost everyone on the bridge: but Captain Kennedy survived.

    The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

  • Without a word he tossed the cushion down on the boat-deck at Myra's feet, sat down on it, and rested his dark head against Myra's knees.

    Bandit Love Juanita Savage

  • A figure well known to us all crossed the gangway and climbed to the boat-deck of our steam tender.

    With Botha in the Field Eric Moore Ritchie

  • On the boat-deck a game of shuffleboard was in progress.

    The Nest Builder Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

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