Quays
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Examples
- In due time this happy party landed at the quays of Rotterdam, whence they were transported by another steamer to the city of Cologne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In my fanciful times, I fancy that they might be anywhere; and I almost expect to see their dear faces on the bridges or the quays. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Similarly the fifth book begins with a discussion of the theori es of Pythagoras, but its real topic is public buildings--fora, basilicas, theaters, baths, pal?stras, harbors, and quays. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Boats without awnings were too hot to touch; ships blistered at their moorings; the stones of the quays had not cooled, night or day, for months. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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