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Definition of Shanghaied
1. shanghai [v] - See also: shanghai
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shanghaied
Literary usage of Shanghaied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of Richard Wagner to Emil Heckel: With a Brief History of the by Richard Wagner (1899)
"shanghaied, Frank Morris's new story, is a well-written piece of work ... we shall
certainly look forward with pleasure to bis new volume— there Is a ..."
2. Queen Or President?: An Indictment of Paul Kruger by S. M. Gluckstein (1900)
"shanghaied,' Frank Norris's new story, is a well-written piece of work . . .
we shall certainly look forward with pleasure to his new volume— there is a ..."
3. Sellcuts' Manager by Laura Ormiston Dibbin Chant (1899)
"shanghaied: A Story of Adventure on the Californian Coast. ... shanghaied,' Frank
Norris's new story, is t well-written piece cf work . . . we shall ..."
4. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1903)
"But the next thing to it. It wasn't the water that I took in that knocked me out,
my lad, but something stronger. I was shanghaied." " shanghaied ? ..."
5. Lovely Woman by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1903)
"The World: "Mr. Frank Norris has surpassed his shanghaied in A Man's Woman ...
The Daily Telegraph: "Mr. Norris has written a delightful book in shanghaied. ..."
6. The Bookman (1905)
"But one night he is shanghaied on board of a whaler bound for the south Pacific
... Mr. London's Humphrey Van Weyden is not shanghaied ; there is a hideous ..."
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