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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread dunkirk #123363 02/19/2004 2:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dunkirk #123364 02/19/2004 3:16 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 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.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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