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- noun Plural form of
rockpile .
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Examples
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In short, Europe was home or if not home then the next parish over, while those bloody, godforesaken, ugly little rockpiles in the Pacific might as well have been on another planet.
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When he's leading Ewell on a tour of his Long Island mansion, pointing out the places where his gangland friends met their ends, he's absolutely hilarious, and he's even funnier singing his maudlin jailhouse rock tunes, which take the idea of "rock" a bit too seriously, dealing as they do with chopping at rockpiles.
Archive 2008-06-01 Ed Howard 2008
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When he's leading Ewell on a tour of his Long Island mansion, pointing out the places where his gangland friends met their ends, he's absolutely hilarious, and he's even funnier singing his maudlin jailhouse rock tunes, which take the idea of "rock" a bit too seriously, dealing as they do with chopping at rockpiles.
The Girl Can't Help It Ed Howard 2008
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Peeking out of deep, narrow arroyos and hiding behind sheltering rockpiles.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2005
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All around were spidery formations like the fantasies of a surrealistic artist, and improbably canted rockpiles that could not have survived more than a few minutes even on the Moon.
2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987
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The best cover for the jig is some type of rock, like boulders, gravel or rockpiles.
ESPN.com Richie White 2010
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Check the submerged rockpiles and other structure for lurking bass.
Fore, right! < 2010
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Isabella Lake's huge Florida bigmouths, virtual sleepers since mid-November, have suddenly awakened as mighty Kern River flows increase and water levels inundate once barren flats and rockpiles.
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Arbeitman also said sea bass fishing remains good on the artificial reefs and local wrecks and rockpiles.
unknown title 2009
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It's one thing greedy, unimaginative owners of hockey arenas selling the naming rights to their rockpiles in the relentless unromanticizing of pro sports, what about nicknames of players?
Ottawa Sun 2009
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