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blockade-runner
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block·ade-run·ner (bl-kdrnr)
n.
One that penetrates or evades a blockade.

block·ade-running n.
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Noun1.blockade-runner - a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight


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They were most popular in work that required speed and manoeuvrability - privateering, slaving, blockade-running and offshore fishing.
The result is a close description the blockade and blockade-running from Galveston to western Louisiana, the coast of Texas, and ports in Alabama and Florida.
quot; (1) The Hegelian Dialectic that sees both ends played against the middle and all other perspectives clearly was at work as Lafitte was followed by Colonel House who had lived in the same house in Galveston where his father took over the business of blockade-running that Lafitte had made a fortune doing.
 
 
 
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