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galley

[gal-ee] / ˈgæl i /


NOUN
a kitchen
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As for the movie, Fremar said that its “fantasy element” made it possible for her to enjoy it as entertainment, rather than the galley that stung her feelings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

As he watched his galley "Skyldulid" slowly turn to ashes, Guizer Jarl Lynden couldn't contain his excitement.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

In the film “Crimson Tide,” a galley fire and a medical emergency strike when a drill is called on a nuclear submarine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026

The galley kitchen has a countertop with seats, stainless appliances, and a glossy marble floor.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

On the 20th four Christian galleys fought their way through the Ottoman blockade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

After two years of mostly small exchanges — cookbook galleys, costume jewelry, a set of dinner plates with just the right heft — we brought home something that, improbably, shifted the cadence of our cooking.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025

Printing galleys, he informs her, costs between $5 and $10 a copy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

The galleys are closed as often as not, and dispensing machines have handwritten out-of-order signs taped on them.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

He'd been plying the narrow sea for thirty years, he'd told her, as oarman, quartermaster, and finally cap-tain of his own trading galleys.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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