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basin or dry dock large enough
For the purpose of repairing there is, behind the basin of the dock-yard, a dry, terrace-shaped, walled basin, or dry dock , large enough for a ship.
— from Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2 by Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard

been on de dead level ever
So I did an' I've been on de dead level ever since—ain't I, boss?"
— from From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine by Alexander Irvine

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