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Meanings of little wharf in English

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Usage of little wharf in English
1
The planking of the little wharf rattled faintly under his hasty feet.
The End of the Tether
2
He ran down to the little wharf, so that he could see better.
Forests of Maine / Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowled...
3
They would be alongside the little wharf by the time the men reached it.
A Sea Queen's Sailing
4
Here he found the boat at the little wharf and old Lebanon on duty.
For Woman's Love
5
Then he saw people running toward the little wharf at the head of the bay.
Boy Scouts in a Submarine; Or, Searching an Ocean Floor
6
As we left the miserable little wharf, he tossed his head contemptuously at the shore.
Heart Of Darkness
7
A couple of soldiers were lounging upon the little wharf and watching the small craft as they came and went.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
8
Then a dark object passed shoreward, and the boy was certain that a boat had been sent to the little wharf.
Boy Scouts in a Submarine; Or, Searching an Ocean Floor
9
There is a little wharf or pier close at hand, the outer end of which is always going to be repaired.
By The Sea / 1887
10
In front of the inn was a little wharf, to which the boat hired by the merchant for his journey was moored.
The Red Inn
11
But when we came to a little wharf, the other ship being perhaps a mile astern of us, there was no man.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane: A Story of the Danish Conquest of East...
12
She made no answer, and the boat shot alongside the little wharf, where a crowd was gathering quickly to see us come.
King Olaf's Kinsman / A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against...
13
She stood on the little wharf, among hundreds of weeping sisters and mothers and sweethearts, and watched his boat drift down the river.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
14
And just as it had become intense, very abruptly and without any preliminary sound I heard firm, quick footsteps on the little wharf.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
15
In a few minutes all three of the adventurers were on the little wharf where the light-house people were in the habit of landing.
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
16
Then we wandered down past the grimy steerage station to the shore end of the little wharf to await the doctor and our proteges.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and i...
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