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The explorers soon discovered that the only entrance into the estufa was by a trapdoor and a ladder.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTJack, the bullets whistling thickly around him, managed to crawl unhurt to the trapdoor and again descend into the courtyard.
JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKSBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNGThen, taking him to the top of one of their great houses, they bade him step down through an open trapdoor into a dark chamber.
THE STORY OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIESH. A. (HLNE ADELINE) GUERBERWhen this trapdoor is not closed, and food "goes down the wrong way," we choke, and the food is expelled by coughing.
A CIVIC BIOLOGYGEORGE WILLIAM HUNTERWhen food is in the course of being swallowed, the upper part of this tube forms a trapdoor over the opening.
A CIVIC BIOLOGYGEORGE WILLIAM HUNTERThe passage leads to the cellar of the house, entrance to the house being made by moving the trapdoor upwards.
THE RANGER BOYS AND THE BORDER SMUGGLERSCLAUDE A. LABELLEThe roletto table had disappeared, probably carried downstairs by a trapdoor at Reddy's touch of the button.
THE INCENDIARYW. A. (WILLIAM AUGUSTINE) LEAHYAt this trapdoor a sentinel was placed, with instructions to allow but one man to ascend at a time during the night.
A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN AND KINGS COUNTY VOLUME IISTEPHEN M. OSTRANDERAnd after they had done quarrelling they crowded over the trapdoor, as one might know by the darkening of the shaft.
WULFRIC THE WEAPON THANECHARLES W. WHISTLERWe had a trapdoor in the floor of the cabin with a four foot square pit dug out beneath.
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A RABBITROY BENSONWORDS RELATED TO TRAPDOOR
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