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								Though it was early morning and the wind brisk, the five white men who lounged on the poop-deck were scantily clad. THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010 
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								Seas creamed and licked the poop-deck edge, now to starboard, now to port. CHAPTER XXX 2010 
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								I was amazed to see the ship still afloat, the poop-deck whole — and, most of all, to see anybody alive. 
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								Southcombe had walked the poop-deck of the Gwalior many a time, in the cool of the night, with Erle Twemlow for his companion, and had taken a very warm liking to him. Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004 
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								Tito sprang to take his place, and Conan, bracing his feet wide on the heaving poop-deck, lifted his bow. The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003 
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								From under the poop-deck Tito brought out quilted jerkins, steel caps, bows and arrows. The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003 
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								In a few moments, with cries and oaths, a bomb appeared on the poop-deck. 
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								From under the poop-deck Tito brought out quilted jerkins, steel caps, bows and arrows. The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003 
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								The sun began to beat down hotly, in spite of the canopy above the poop-deck. The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003 
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								Come up to the poop-deck and we'll have a tankard of ale. The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003 
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