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  • The triplets ran me ragged, but I'm proud to say that Ryan only went in The Box a whopping three times today, there was just one falling incident, and a certain someone brought whole new meaning to the word "poopdeck" after the diapers were taken off for kiddie pool time.

    nspblues Diary Entry nspblues 2003

  • That be one fugly poopdeck though with all that poop posing as decoration!

    Dead Men May Tell No Tales, But Wrecked Cakes Sure Do. Jen 2008

  • I'm all but certain once he is aware of your deprivations, he will ensure that there is a Federal program to ensure that people like Original Mike don't have to spend their twilight years stuck watching C-Span when they could be watching Hooper and Quint squaring off on the poopdeck and Chief Brody emptying his Magnum into the Great White.

    "Roy Scheider here. You know who definitely need a bigger boat?" Ann Althouse 2008

  • He was standing on the poopdeck of a long galley which was running before the wind that whipped down from the north, her striped sail bellying against the taut sheets.

    The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • He was standing on the poopdeck of a long galley which was running before the wind that whipped down from the north, her striped sail bellying against the taut sheets.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • They were scrubbing the poopdeck when the forward lookout hailed the quarterdeck with a cry that a boat was in sight.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

  • Sharpe turned and hauled himself up to the poopdeck.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

  • Sharpe and Harper mucked out the sheep and pigs that would be slaughtered for fresh meat during the voyage, they scrubbed the poopdeck each morning, they ground the rust off the blades of the boarding pikes that were racked on deck, and each afternoon they collected the latrine buckets from the passenger cabins and scoured them clean.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

  • The pikemen were driving the frigate's guncrews back to the poopdeck where a rear guard waited with Ardiles and Lieutenant Otero.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

  • Sharpe leapt off the quarterdeck just as a cannonball screeched across the poopdeck, gouging a splintered trench in the scrubbed wood.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

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