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Thread #25445 Message #2094884
Posted By: GUEST,doc.tom
05-Jul-07 - 02:24 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Firing the Mauretania
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Firing the Mauretania

I had:
'A Cunard greyhound's bloody purgatory'.
Calling the express liners 'greyhounds' started in the days of the American clippers - see also 'Greyhounds of the Sea' Carl C. Cutler. (Stephens. 1930).
Tom