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Word: mahroussa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...delivered by a turncoat politician. He abdicated, and quit Egypt within the six hours specified. As he stood on the quay to embark, his huge, beefy frame encased in a white naval uniform, tears spilled down his cheeks. Twenty-one guns fired the royal salute, and the royal yacht Mahroussa (meaning Protected) put past the harbor's red and green entrance lights and steamed for Italy. It carried Farouk, his 19-year-old wife, their seven-month-old son, now King Fuad II, and 204 royal trunks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Perfect Performance | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

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