down trip
Example Sentences
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Bill Fish snatched the notes from Bog's hand, and ran down the street after a stage which had just left the ferry house on its down trip.
From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell
The view is especially grand on the down trip between the hours of five and six in the afternoon, as the western sun brings the city in strong relief against the sky.
From The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Bruce, Wallace
On this down trip from the head of steamboat navigation she met with another accident, running on "a large rolling stone and sinking just above Chimney Peak" some eighteen miles from Yuma.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
Furthermore, it is the place where the stage changes horses and where passengers on the down trip stop to dine.
From Minnesota and Dacotah by Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus)
On the down trip Bobby found his mother waiting by the gate, a heavy shawl thrown over her head and shoulders.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Brehm, Worth
