cockloft

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The cockloft above his room, which was reached by a ladder, had windows which were really only loopholes and from there he could better see into the tangle that sheltered his enemies.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

It seemed to 182 him that he had spent hours there in the cockloft, whereas perhaps thirty minutes had elapsed.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

Often the cockloft is empty, in those which Nature hath built many stories high.

From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John

Ah, well! there are piles of dusty memories in the old cockloft still untouched, but I shall rummage no more to-night.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various

The alley hugged itself in the joyful sensation that it had a miser and his hoard in the cockloft.

From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)