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Word: ulna (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Second, the producers ignored the finest part of the Flora MacDonald legend, in which she bolts a door with her maidenly ulna to give Charlie time to flee through a trapdoor. It is not for mere moral support to a prince in his hour of need that Scottish ladies' societies around the globe are named in honor of noble Flora. To omit her finest hour is to mock the mettle of Caledonian womenhood...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Bonny Prince Charlie | 1/29/1952 | See Source »

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