quayside

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No. That grizzled, tough old lumberman who toted you along up from the quayside is the brain of this organisation.

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  • Maigret found the skipper of the Providence on the quayside, deep in discussion with some other bargees. —  Maigret meets a Milord—Georges Simenon-02-1931
  • Maigret was on the quayside, holding his bicycle with one hand, and watching the shadows moving about in the darkness. —  Maigret meets a Milord—Georges Simenon-02-1931
  • The conquerors had restored the lights along the quayside, and torches illuminated the dock where the captured Stippenese merchant clipper Shearwater was tied up. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • The riverboat was similar in design to most of the others at the quayside, measuring about fourteen meters from its high, knife-sharp bow to its glutcally rounded stern. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • “Do you want to take me in your car?” He had recognised it on the quayside, near to where Neveu was standing, and he pointed to it. —  Maigret and the Dosser [88] Georges Simenon
 

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