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Blockade-runner   /blˌɑkˈeɪd-rˈənər/   Listen
Blockade-runner

noun
1.
A ship that runs through or around a naval blockade.





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"Blockade-runner" Quotes from Famous Books



... judgment of two or three literary friends, I have entitled this, my first attempt at authorship, "The Narrative of a Blockade-runner." They do not agree with Shakspeare that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," to the reading public; nor that it is always advisable to call a thing by its proper name. It will be seen, however, by any reader who has the ...
— The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner • John Wilkinson
... vols. By Harry Castlemon. $6.00 True to His Colors. Marcy the Blockade-Runner. Rodney the Partisan. Marcy the Refugee. Rodney the Overseer. ...
— The Hunters of the Ozark • Edward S. Ellis


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