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Word: chiel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...outlived all but one.* She had cruised 64,000 miles, through every ocean and most of the British patrols of the world. Not once had she touched port nor spoken another German raider. Her victims totaled 135,000 tons. According to plan, she had mined England's chiel colonial ports, including Singapore. And until one month before her miraculous return the British Admiralty did not even possess a description...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Terrible Tub | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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