Henri swung himself out of the sea and rolled lengthwise onto the duckboard. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
I pushed him off and he fell on the duckboard floor, staring up at me with wide, panic-stricken eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
To do that he needed duckboard—the long, wood-slatted platforms that were made to be laid along the bottom of trenches. From Wordnik.com. [Devil Dog] Reference
At the side of the duckboard, where it came closest to the canvas but had been hidden by the rope, both the wood and the canvas were deeply stained. From Wordnik.com. [Through The Eye Of A Needle]
So small was the floor area of that steel cabin that there was no room for me to stretch out my length on the narrow mesh duckboard but I didn't care. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
The old army quartermaster in charge of the warehouses feared he would be court-martialed after the war if all the duckboard could not be accounted for. From Wordnik.com. [Devil Dog] Reference
For four miles the path lay along a single duckboard track, capsized or slanting in many places, and the newly-made Nab Road, to which it led, was hardly better. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference
Mud and water, upon which floated an interesting conglomeration of filthy rubbish, flowed saucily around your ankles, sometimes your knees, and when you fell off a high duckboard, your neck. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
It was a cider house, with a heavy old-fashioned oaken press at the far end, one long wall lined with duckboard shelving for apples, the other with bunged casks and covered vats of freshly made cider. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
Gerhardt splashed out along the submerged duckboard. From Wordnik.com. [One of Ours] Reference
Gerhardt splashed out along the submerged duckboard. From Wordnik.com. [VIII. Book Five: Bidding the Eagles of the West Fly On] Reference
I pawed the mud with my right in order to find the duckboard. From Wordnik.com. [Combed Out] Reference
He cast a long look at the reddening, lengthening landscape, and dropped down on the duckboard. From Wordnik.com. [One of Ours] Reference
I stamped on the duckboard and kicked the sides of the trench and jerked my rifle up and down just to keep myself awake. From Wordnik.com. [Combed Out] Reference
I'd offer you our humble hospitality, but somebody got in here today and stole the duckboard I've been sleeping on, and I can't offer you the general's cellar door. From Wordnik.com. [More Tish] Reference
I hope you find another duckboard. From Wordnik.com. [More Tish] Reference
I could not see the duckboard in the dense gloom. From Wordnik.com. [Combed Out] Reference
Doughertys’ duckboard pointing to peace at home. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Tables, chairs, banquettes, barstools, bar, back bar, mirrors, cabinets, sinks, refrigerators, carpets, light fixtures, light switches, imitation Remington prints, window shades and curtains, cash register, glasses, ash trays, tap levers, duckboard floor behind the bar, both clocks, and the sawed-off baseball bat; all were gone. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned Hopes]
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