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Meanings of long pier in English

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Usage of long pier in English
1
At the northern end of the beach there is a long pier.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
2
Cornwood ran the steamer alongside the long pier, and our passengers landed.
Down South; or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
3
This would make her head about even with the head of the long pier.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
4
The tide was high, and the waves dashed angrily against the long pier at Rimouski.
Marie Gourdon / A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence
5
Not even a boat house, only one long pier.
Kit of Greenacre Farm
6
He says her head was as high or higher than the head of the long pier.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
7
McCammon says that the current and the swell coming from the long pier drove her against the long pier.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
8
For the few moments before she glided the length of the long pier to stiller water this fact sufficed.
The Riverman
9
But as she passed the long pier, the desire to walk out on the ice seized her once more.
The Web of Life
10
Why did the Afton then, after she had come up smelling so close to the long pier sheer off so strangely.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
11
Now I saw that we were floating slowly toward the end of a long pier, and that we were going to land.
The House of Martha
12
They halted first at the long pier, and walked out to the end to catch the invigorating freshness of the water-kissed south wind.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
13
That the current as represented would drive an ascending boat to the long pier but not to the short pier, as they urge.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
14
To her right, a long pier jutted into the lake, and there were other docks farther east, wooden fingers reaching out from the town.
A clash of kings
15
Neither spoke as the two young men passed through the concert pavilion and dancing hall out to a quieter part of the long pier.
Tales from Bohemia
16
We could see little besides a long pier, though there was a glimpse to be obtained of a house through the vista of trees.
Down South; or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
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