down trip
Example Sentences
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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
The car was pretty well filled on the down trip, so George had little time for chatting.
From The Rosie World by Fillmore, Parker
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)
Well, last week, on my down trip, as we rounded a point in one of those narrow places, there, right out in mid-river, was a big buck, swimming across.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
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
