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- noun Plural form of
companionway .
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Examples
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The seven of them were now standing in the central corridor on B deck, and Geordi was surprised by how narrow it was in comparison to the companionways on the Enterprise.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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The seven of them were now standing in the central corridor on B deck, and Geordi was surprised by how narrow it was in comparison to the companionways on the Enterprise.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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They dropped down the cabin and forecastle companionways, ran out the bowsprit, and sprang into the rigging till they were perched everywhere in the air like monstrous birds.
CHAPTER III 2010
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Luckily the companionways both in New York and New Orleans had been indoors, shielding him.
Crusade Nancy Holder 2010
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Otherwise, the companionways or halls, the decks, and the chart room were empty.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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The smell of it, the acid smoke of steel, filled the companionways.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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Otherwise, the companionways or halls, the decks, and the chart room were empty.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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The smell of it, the acid smoke of steel, filled the companionways.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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I would have liked to hear the answer to that-and a good many other things-but the drum was beating overhead for mess, and thundering feet were already pounding down the decks and companionways.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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A human chain was formed to pass the volatile barrels up the smoky companionways.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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