Definition of "quayside" []

• The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays, especially in a port city. (noun)

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• "The long road fronting the quayside was a riot of noise and color and people."
• "On the quayside is the old Priory Mill, now called Place Mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Survey."
• "No. That grizzled, tough old lumberman who toted you along up from the quayside is the brain of this organisation."