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

...Navy through the hawse hole, as enlisted men, but I entered through the cabin window," he related. He set sail first on the Guinevere, a converted yacht on anti-submarine duty off the Atlantic coast; his influence first showed when he persuaded the captain to dock at Maine's Matinicus Island, where the entire crew was feted with a lavish lobster dinner. The historian who had earlier retraced Columbus' path to the New World was off on another, more dangerous mission, applying his philosophy of writing history once more, a philosophy that told him to relive history in order...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: World War II: Faculty Plays Key Role | 4/16/1959 | See Source »

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