trapdoor

Example Sentences

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There was a small potato cellar beneath the kitchen floor: they enlarged the trapdoor letting into it, put a large rug on top of it, and moved the kitchen table to stand on this spot.

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Peter and Bob, from the viewpoint of the trapdoor, weren’t so sure.

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I get to the trapdoor and push.

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They closed her back in, covered up the trapdoor with a rug, and together they prepared to venture out in the night to find supplies.

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Then I gather all the strength I’ve got and heave at the trapdoor.

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