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Topic Options #123363 - 02/19/04 09:55 AM dunkirk wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Wed Feb 12 00:01:07 EST 2003 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--Dunkirk Dunkirk (DUN-kurk) noun 1. A desperate evacuation or retreat. 2. A crisis requiring drastic measures to avoid total disaster. [After Dunkirk (also Dunkerque), a seaport and town in northern France. In World War II, it was the site of evacuation of more than 330,000 Allied troops by sea while under German fire during May-June, 1940.] Valiant proof that "There will always be an England." Top #123364 - 02/19/04 10:16 AM Re: dunkirk jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California I once spent a pleasurable half day with a bunch of Dunkirk survivors in an ex-serviceman's club in Slough listening to personal anecdotes about the rescue. It's blurred in my mind since with images from Mrs Miniver and Gracie Fields singing 'There'll Always be an England". Things could be worse. [Humming to himself and dipping into Pokorny's IEW.] Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209740 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 36 Guests and 3 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 52 endymion6 45 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 29 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 16 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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