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Also he saw the river steamer Apache lying ahead of him, and a couple of deck-hands disentangling the shreds of his net from the paddle-wheel.

Charley's Coup 2010

Via Warren Ellis, uma ideia fascinante: A kind of flying Hawaii, or anti-gravitational Micronesia, with tanned deck-hands leaping across aerodynamic tailfins to the soundtrack of ceaseless enginery, the helicopter archipelago would act as an escape hatch from traditional, nation-state sovereignty.

Leituras Artur 2006

He kept us well in the channel, and the deck-hands had little to do other than keep a watch for snags.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

One of the deck-hands was sent to fetch her trunk.

Balcony Stories Grace E. King

The Arab's gaze darted to one of the deck-hands, lounging on the rail near by.

The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney

There were only two mildly interested deck-hands in the cabin, beside the policeman, though soon the place would be filled with newly arriving passengers.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

He threw his head back and bellowed with laughter, echoed raucously by the deck-hands.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

At a certain pitch of this wild frenzy, a desire for music invariably recurs and so at a signal from the captain the slaves who performed the functions of deck-hands, waiters or musicians as the exigencies of the occasion demanded, brought in their musical instruments and the rafters were soon ringing with their simple melodies to the accompaniment of banjos and guitars.

The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss

The tide of his misery was at its flood, so that it grew no worse when some deck-hands thrust the forward doors open, and a policeman bounded into the cabin, drawn revolver in hand.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

"Can you dig up a pair of jumpers?" he asked the deck-hands.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily