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Word: cloakless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...grey-clad soldiers stretch irregularly across the dawn-lit horizon. Armed guards, in muskrat headgear, move restlessly before swaying tents. Bonfires die out with each growing moment of dawn. Arms are gathered, stations called, ranks formed. Excitement and anticipation fill the camp. A huge gaunt figure, hatless and cloakless, sweeps imperiously on a white charger to the front of the newly formed platoons. This man commands attentions, respect, admiration, fear. Ranks become straighter, shoulders stiffer, guns arched higher. His voice booms like a cannon through the crisp morning air: "Comrades, this is an historic moment. All Europe watches us today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 10/27/1934 | See Source »

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