cockloft
Example Sentences
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Peering out through first one and then the other of the loopholes of the cockloft, he waited, and it seemed to him that he waited eternally.
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
They found themselves in a long narrow cockloft, not more than six feet high at the highest, and insufferably hot.
From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John
My case was a desperate one, and I might have acceded to his proposal if he had not unguardedly added that I should have to sleep in a cockloft in the shed!
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
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)
