Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A line drawn around the inside or outside of a military prison, which no prisoner can cross without incurring the penalty of being immediately shot down: used during the American civil war especially with reference to open-air inclosures or stockades for prisoners.
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Examples
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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As the foresail went up the mast, a wail of consternation arose from the canoes lying along the dead-line.
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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The dead-line has been extended for a week - to the 12th.
Logo Contest for Mexconnect - Deadline March 12 - Get your design in NOW 2009
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I get to the gym 4 mornings a week (at 5: 30) ..... but then I am in bed by 10 (no television programs to distract that dead-line).
cable connection 2008
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