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Definition of Cockpits
1. cockpit [n] - See also: cockpit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockpits
Literary usage of Cockpits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"Here and there occur those singular funnel-shaped sink-holes which are locally
called " cockpits," and are often 500 feet or upwards in depth. ..."
2. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... their various Attractions—The Vice on the Decline—Probable Causes—Anecdote—Motley
Groups—Bowling Alleys and cockpits—Want of Theatrical Taste—The Courts ..."
3. Manila, the Pearl of the Orient: Guide Book to the Intending Visitor by Manila merchants' association, Daniel O'Connell (1908)
"cockpits.—The fighting cock plays no small part in the joys and tribulations ...
The cockpits form one of the most popular resorts for the Filipinos of the ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1817)
"The Antelope was in good order, clean, and well aired, with the ex. ception of
the cockpits, as already mentioned ; the Childers was the opposite of all ..."
5. Aircraft Mechanics Handbook by Fred Herbert Colvin (1918)
"(h) Throttle controls (both hand and foot) to be installed in both cockpits.
(i) Ground wire switches to be installed in both cockpits. ..."
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