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Examples
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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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