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Word: sacksful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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All that night the ship crew and ice party loaded goods into the City of New York. The dogs went with them. But most of their heavy equipment they abandoned. The last thing Admiral Byrd did on shore was to haul down the U. S. flag. As the ship pulled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Antarctic Exodus | 3/3/1930 | See Source »

All their supplies were carried in sacks; cans weighed too much, took up too much room. Their collapsible canvas boats were always being punctured by rocks in the rapids of the Kuluseu, but came in handy when they reached the Xingu, tributary of the Amazon. Flies were their constant companions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Road to Nowhere | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

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