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Word: quillebeuf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Havre and the open sea, a cutter of the revolutionary government decided to investigate, and ordered the Télémaque to heave to. Instead, she made a break for it, and raced down the Seine on the crest of the tide. Off the village of Quillebeuf, she hit a sandbank, broached to and capsized. By the time her captain and crew of twelve had swum the 120-odd meters to shore, the Télémaque had sunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Fistful of Louis | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

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