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quay
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Definition:a concrete, stone or metal platform alongside water for loading/unloading ships
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"Ganimard? Why, you are sure to see him somewhere on the quai with his fishing-pole. I met him there and chanced to read his name engraved on his rod.
Maurice Leblanc. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
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he walked quickly in the direction of the quay. Here and there a lantern gleamed at the stern of some huge merchantman. The light shook and splintered in the puddles.
Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Hyacinth: [...] I want you to go and find out exactly where they keep the first-class lifeboats.
Richard: I don't think we're going to sink just now, as we're still at the quay-side.
BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: Sea Fever (1993)
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two judges had taken up their posts, one at either side of the quay.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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The grandee’s well-known mansion on the English Quay glittered with innumerable lights.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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I could not have fallen in more than twenty or thirty yards from the quay,
Ruth Ware. The Woman in Cabin 10, p.310 (2016)
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