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Meanings of cover with tarpaulin in English

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Usage of cover with tarpaulin in English
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Nearly over the dam was a boat painted black and covered with tarpaulin.
Mary Minds Her Business
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The fur packs were neatly piled and covered with tarpaulins.
The Drama of the Forests: Romance and Adventure
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Earlier, the reporter saw about 40 trucks covered with tarpaulins, some apparently empty, crossing the frontier.
Reuters
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In the dim light he saw the shapes of three or four other cars, covered with tarpaulins.
The Young Lions
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Author remembers from his childhood in the Western Isles-wild-looking families straggling along behind a handcart covered with tarpaulin.
The new yorker
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The hatches are covered with tarpaulin.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
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Fields of mold covered with tarpaulins?
A fierce radiance: a novel
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The sail-hatch and fore-hatch were also fastened and padlocked, and the skylights covered with tarpaulin and screwed firmly down.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
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In a shed, covered with tarpaulins, lay the crated heavy furniture sent from San Francisco and carted out from King City.
East of eden
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From the other edge of the platform, on the tracks, stood several guarded cargo motorized trolleys with mysterious boxes covered with tarpaulins.
Metro 2033
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The waggon was covered with tarpaulin sheetings in front and at the sides, but behind some glimpse could be caught of the contents.
The Doings of Raffles Haw
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One day there were found on the shore two little boats covered with tarpaulin, which these gentry probably used in their clandestine excursions.
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 03
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Heavy dust lay on stairs and floors and what there was of furniture was covered with tarpaulins that had grown black in time.
Ghosts
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The great gun was covered with tarpaulins to protect it from the weather, and then all retired to the house for a bountiful meal.
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon; Or, The Longest Shots on Record
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The Turkish vehicles, which were covered with tarpaulins, crossed the town of Silopi for the border post of Habur, 15 kilometres farther to the south.
The Irish Times
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On the hearth were several thick cups filled with herbs and heavy fluids and covered with tarpaulin, for Becky's "man" was a teamster.
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories