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quarterdeck

kwawr ter dek

  • n  the stern area of a ship's upper deck

  • He marched first in line on their daily turns around the quarterdeck.
  • The three- year-old listening to his grandmother momentarily becomes Peter Rabbit; the geezer reading Patrick O'Brian's sea stories feels scared on the quarterdeck of a storm-blown .
  • Standing on the quarterdeck of the Nourmahal under a turquoise sky, the President, from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, read to his fellow funmakers, to the officers and .
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  • Art therapy showcases healing, promise
    Sgt. Danna Berry holds a self portrait he painted using acrylic on canvas during Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune Art Therapy Exhibit, Healing Wounds Through Expressive Freedom, on the Quarterdeck of the hospital Friday.
    June 10, 2013 - New Bern Sun Journal
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  • Ernie Els in Myrtle Beach Sun News
    In the past, before the kids, we used to enjoy the Quarterdeck a little bit more on Sunday nights, but that's kind of flown out the window,said Els, who has two children and rents an oceanfront house. "We go on bike rides, just do what...

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