DERRICK in a Sentence

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For DERRICK, below is one of 2 sentences:
The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time, and we fetched the stabboard derrick, and made fast there.

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 Meanings and Examples of DERRICK
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derrick
 n.  a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
 n.  a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered
Classic Sentence:
1  The artist erected a man in the front yard, that resembled a derrick.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time, and we fetched the stabboard derrick, and made fast there.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
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