TEXAS in a Sentence

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So I dropped on my hands and knees in the little passage, and crept aft in the dark till there warn't but one stateroom betwixt me and the ...

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 Meanings and Examples of TEXAS
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Texas
 n.  the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
Classic Sentence:
1  So I dropped on my hands and knees in the little passage, and crept aft in the dark till there warn't but one stateroom betwixt me and the cross-hall of the texas.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
2  We struck for the stern of the texas, and found it, and then scrabbled along forwards on the skylight, hanging on from shutter to shutter, for the edge of the skylight was in the water.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII.
Example Sentence:
1  We went sneaking down the slope of it to labboard, in the dark, towards the texas, feeling our way slow with our feet, and spreading our hands out to fend off the guys, for it was so dark we couldn't see no sign of them.