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Word: deckrail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Denver, Col., one A. K. Orr, peaceful Briton, was held for 17 days by the police without a charge having ever been preferred against him. Furthermore, on the U. S. steamer Manatawny, it was alleged a British steward, one Fred Thomas, was recently chained to the deckrail and flogged. In neither case has "satisfaction"-ever dear to Britons-been obtained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Rights Abroad | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

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