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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
Maybe it didn't feel good to be on the hurricane deck of a good horse once more!
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
I'd much rather see what is going on than be cooped up below, and after lunch I told Bob I was going up on deck.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
The cheerful sound of music came from the deck of a big saloon steamer, bearing its crowd of noisy tourists.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
In ordinary times fares ranged from ₱50 saloon accommodation to ₱8 a deck passage.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
The worst of all, however, is the hammering when the cracks in the deck are being repaired and filled up with pitch.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
They were placed upon the deck, and, to my great surprise, I perceived that they were unable to raise themselves from it.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO ON DECK

  • accessible
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • all around
  • at elbows
  • at fingertips
  • at hand
  • available
  • central
  • close
  • close at hand
  • close-by
  • contiguous
  • easy to reach
  • handy
  • immediate
  • in neighborhood
  • next
  • next door
  • nigh
  • on deck
  • on tap
  • under one's nose
  • within reach
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