cockloft
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Often the cockloft is empty in those whom Nature hath built many stories high.—Fuller:
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
"It is an attractive programme, and I am a little tired of this cockloft," answered Bruslart.
From The Light That Lures by Brebner, Percy James
My case was a desperate one, and I might have acceded to his proposal if he had not unguardedly added that I should have to sleep in a cockloft in the shed!
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
They found themselves in a long narrow cockloft, not more than six feet high at the highest, and insufferably hot.
From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John
In a single-room cabin there usually is a cockloft, reached by a ladder, for storage, and maybe a bunk or two.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
