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Word: fishiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sharp-eyed survivor notwithstanding, there was considerable doubt at week's end that the attacker could have been the Admiral Scheer. Chief substantiating circumstance was the presence of an airplane. But a cruiser might have launched it. Fishiest point of all was the 25 shots she was said to have fired. One shot from the Admiral Scheer's secondary battery of 5.9-inch guns could have put a hole as big as a room in the Clement; and one from her 11-inchers a hole as big as a house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Old Game | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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