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- noun   Plural form of 
dreadnaught . 
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Does anyone seriously think the dastardly Danes would ever try to take Hans Island again knowing that our dreadnaughts are aboot in the North West Passage?
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Hell, they even call dreadnaughts "ships of the wall" (instead of "ships of the line") and fire broadsides and so on.
Popular Posts Across MetaFilter Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey 2009
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Hell, they even call dreadnaughts "ships of the wall" (instead of "ships of the line") and fire broadsides and so on. wcfields: Manipulation of the space-time continuum so that the enemy ceases to exist in this universe. autopilot has it right when he notes:
Popular Posts Across MetaFilter Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey 2009
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In the shipyards of all civilized countries they are laying today the keels of dreadnaughts and of superdreadnaughts.
Chapter 22 2010
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Across the solar system, Winfinity warships and Four Hands dreadnaughts fell silent.
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Across the solar system, Winfinity warships and Four Hands dreadnaughts fell silent.
Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 31.1 of 31.1 2010
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Across the solar system, Winfinity warships and Four Hands dreadnaughts fell silent.
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Across the solar system, Winfinity warships and Four Hands dreadnaughts fell silent.
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Across the solar system, Winfinity warships and Four Hands dreadnaughts fell silent.
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Across the solar system, Winfinity warships and Four Hands dreadnaughts fell silent.
 
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