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noun

Decker n.

One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.

A vessel or vehicle which has a deck or decks; used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker; a double-decker bus.

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Etymology of 'Decker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Decker" Quotes from Famous Books

... Four pieces of "Decker Spread," patented by Alexander C. Decker of Bushnell, Illinois, in ...

— Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology • John T. Schlebecker

... 1918. Left by sled for Ust Padenga to inspect hospital. Arrived at 11:00 a.m. Very cold day. General conditions very good considering circumstances. Using pits out in open for latrines. Men living in double-decker beds, and as comfortable as possible in the available billets. Hospital consisted of two rooms in a log hut, but light, dry and comfortable. Beds improvised with stretchers laid across wooden horses. Had three casualties which they were evacuating ...

— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore

... the trade, How fast immortalities now may be made; Since Helicon never will want an "Undying One," As long as the public continues a Buying One; And the company hope yet to witness the hour. When, by strongly applying the mare-motive[1] power, A three-decker novel, midst oceans of praise, May be written, launched, read and—forgot, ...

— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... John Decker, who has some celebrity as a local pugilist, was also successful in saving a woman and boy, but was nearly killed in a third attempt to reach the middle of the river by being struck by ...

— The Johnstown Horror • James Herbert Walker

... GENERAL,—I hasten to inform you that the missing transport is safely arrived, on the 19th, at Boston. She is said to be a two-decker, and to have on board a vast deal of powder, with pieces of ordnance, and also the baggage of the officers of Bourbonnsis.—The intelligence came this instant by an officer of our army who saw the men encamped on the commons, from where they were to march to Providence. Two American ...

— Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette • Lafayette

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