gangplank

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• Delicatessen Sangerbund holdin 'us while they sung th' Watch on th 'Rhine, we stepped ashore on a gangplank neatly formed be th' guv'nor iv th 'state holdin' onto th 'feet iv th' mayor, him clutchin 'th' iditor iv th 'Staats Zeitung an' so on, th 'gangplank singin' th 'Watch on th' Rhine as we walked to th 'dock. Observations By Mr. Dooley
• He walked down the gangplank and he pretty much walked on his own and he was then taken off on a stretcher, an eye witness told the Boston Herald. Liverpool owner John Henry taken to hospital after fall on his boat
• After the massacre the local port was a scene of panic as people, mostly women, desperate to escape, fought their way up the gangplanks carrying their belongings and children onto badly maintained and overloaded ferries.
• The anchors were dropped and the gangplank was lowered.
• The ship had docked at five, and by eight they were filing down gangplanks, laden with kit like a scene from Movietone News. THE OPEN DOOR
• I grabbed the little bag with what clothes I had managed to pack and sprinted to the gangplank, hoping she wouldn't change her mind in disgust. Work in Progress: April, 2010
• Passengers descend a gangplank to access two rowboats, and many more appear already to have disembarked.
• With that said the captain turned and walked back up the gangplank to the ship and began shouting orders to his crew.
• They were connected to the Wharf by long, often slippery metal gangplanks, which could be very steep when the tide went out and hazardous in the rain.
• The gangplank was let down and the passengers began to get off.