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Word: blots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When war was declared Graves enlisted almost at once, got a commission in the famed line regiment, Royal Welch Fusiliers, which had fought at Lexington and Bunker Hill: the only blot on its scutcheon was the surrender at Yorktown. In the Royal Welch the atmosphere was much the same as at Charterhouse: the regular officers resented and despised "outsiders." but discipline was perfect, morale high; they were pretty fighters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poet | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

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