The deckhands and Grundy, the mate, were almost at the door, and I had just time enough to slam it shut and lock it in their faces.
The door shattered then, and the big hulk of Mate Grundy tumbled in, with the two deckhands and the pair from the engine room behind him.
But while most of the scientists were nodding with him, I caught the dark scowl of Grundy, and heard the mutters from the deckhands and the engine men.
I doubt if you'll get the deckhands to bring you back.
Two of the deckhands carried him to his berth which was on the same deck.
The deckhands were brought up through the forward hatch, and one of the Ernestina's boats was lowered away.
Then he saw that it was the mate, a manly, up-standing young fellow and Tenterden against the four deckhands and the two firemen.
Officers and deckhands ran about quieting the passengers, many of whom, seized by a frenzy of fear, were ready to jump into the water.
There was a bump as the boat reached the dock and a rattle of chains as the deckhands made fast.
She'll be under guard of a squad of my men, and your mate, deckhands and engine-room force will be enough to give the boat any care she really needs.
The two deckhands having come aboard sulkily, the soldiers stood by the hawsers.
All the crew and the Mexicans were confined where they could be watched, for the two deckhands were Mexicans, and had been driven in with the others.
The mate was permitted to go aft and to bring two swarthy deckhands out where he could use them.
One or two slouching deckhands watched the new arrivals with dull curiosity, and a few more were busy forward opening the hatch.
If he's not on board in the morning, I'll send a boatful of deckhandsfor him.
Among the deckhands was a tall, limber American man named Jones.
The deckhands hurried through their labors and then made off for the neighborhood where Randy had been attacked.
He walked to the compartment where the deckhands slept and from our hero's locker hauled the articles that belonged to him.
Jones was sick, so the deckhands had a little more to do than usual.
They passed from one end of the steamboat to the other, through all of the three decks, and Jones named over the various parts and told what the deckhands were expected to do.
Soon it was raining furiously and all of the deckhands got pretty wet.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deckhands" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
