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Word: strokeship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...occupy that position permanently. If this is not the case, we beg to suggest that too much valuable time is taken in making the choice. Two months before the regatta is late enough to find our crew settled upon and hard at work, and where the strokeship lies between three or four men, it is not supremely difficult to make a choice. We are sorry to miss Mr. Taylor on the crew. As an oar, he is undoubtedly faulty, but his strength and endurance will be a bad loss, and we hope his absence may be only temporary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/7/1875 | See Source »

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