Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One guilty of the offense of concussion; an extortioner.

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  • The difference in concussionary force between a train moving at the rate of a mile in two minutes, or even one minute, and another train which moves a mile in an instant, can easily be imagined.

    The Great War Syndicate 1889

  • The difference in concussionary force between a train moving at the rate of a mile in two minutes, or even one minute, and another train which moves a mile in an instant, can easily be imagined.

    The Great War Syndicate Frank Richard Stockton 1868

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