Word: puszczyk
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...British put the seven mutineers in jail for safekeeping, let the captain out of the lavatory, and gave him back his ship, the Puszczyk (pronounced, by Poles, pushchick). He promptly sailed for Poland with the remaining six loyal crewmen, muttering philosophically: "To me is equal. Those seven wanted to leave. Let them...
Revolt in a Parish. Recognizing a tricky legal issue, the judge referred the case to the High Court of Justice on the ground that there had been no legal reinterpretation of mutiny since the last century. Last week, after hearing Sir Hartley argue that the Puszczyk was in reality "a small territorial unit or parish of Poland," and that the seamen had only "revolted from what they regarded as the tyranny of a police state," Lord Goddard, Lord Chief Justice, ordered the prisoners freed. Happily, the Polish community threw a huge coming-out party for the seven, who had established...
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