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Transportation   /trˌænspərtˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Transportation  n.  
1.
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance. "To provide a vessel for their transportation."
2.
Transport; ecstasy. (R.)





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"Transportation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Maysville now stands. They ascended this creek a short distance with their boat, and concealed their cargo at different places in the woods along its banks. They then turned their boat adrift, and directed their course to Harrodstown, intending to return with a sufficient escort to insure the safe transportation of the powder to its destination. This in a short time was successfully effected, and the colonists were thus abundantly supplied with the means of defense against the fierce enemies who ...
— Life & Times of Col. Daniel Boone • Cecil B. Harley
... "what I am getting at is this, Captain Merrithew. The Coastwise Transportation Company is looking for men like you. We want you with us, in short. As you probably know, we have a fleet consisting of steamers of various sizes, but all pretty much the same type; that is to say, seaworthy, comfortable, and well engined. We ...
— Dan Merrithew • Lawrence Perry
... transit through Canada at this time was most primitive, and not the least of the questions which occupied Brock's thoughts was the important one of transportation. The lack of facilities for moving large bodies of men and supplies, in event of war, was as apparent as was the lack of vessels of force on ...
— The Story of Isaac Brock - Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 • Walter R. Nursey
... Mr. Dooley. "But if he does, whin he comes out at the end iv a hundhred an fifty-eight thousand years he'll find a great manny changes in men's hats an' th' means iv transportation but not much in annything else. He may find flyin' machines, though it'll be arly f'r thim, but he'll see a good manny people ...
— Mr. Dooley Says • Finley Dunne
... know. At least I am not certain. My knowledge of criminal law is very slight, but I should suppose it would be transportation for—" ...
— Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader • R.M. Ballantyne


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