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Meanings of derrick (derricks) in English

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Usage of derrick (derricks) in English
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The misshapen torte was indeed studded with candles shaped like miniature oil derricks.
The wild child
2
A row of primitive derricks was pumping crude imulsion into tanks.
Coalition's End
3
Trescu walked between the derricks, nodding acknowledgment at the Gorasni workers.
Coalition's End
4
The derricks were still pumping but nobody was keeping an eye on them.
Coalition's End
5
Hulking gray ships could be glimpsed through a latticework of derricks.
Carrion comfort
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He strolled silently past abandoned derricks and fossilized cranes, wholly intent on his thoughts.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
7
One of the nodding derricks was irritatingly noisy and set Trescu's teeth on edge.
Coalition's End
8
The conventional port is equipped with self-moving cranes, diesel skid units, derricks and tractors.
Reuters
9
Steve's face and hands were blackened from a two-week shift on the oil derricks.
Rock and Ice Magazine
10
When we moved, they moved, chuckwagons, bulldozers, derricks, generators.
Catch–22
11
Once your grindlift rig is repaired, we can install more derricks."
Coalition's End
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In some places, families hang clothes out to dry on fences that surround small oil derricks.
Reuters
13
He seemed fascinated with the rusty oil derricks.
Wizard and glass
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It was also a pretty dangerous place, with chains falling out of derricks and pipes breaking loose.
Reuters
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He turned his back abruptly on the derricks and began to walk slowly away from the city.
Cities in Flight
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Elsewhere, however, her shots of pylons, oil derricks and tramping tourists grate at times against the music's numinosity.
The Guardian
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