seadrome
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seadrome
Example Sentences
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Ellissen uses his position to call attention to Droste's plan for a seadrome, persuades the Lennartz shipbuilding firm to construct it.
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The seadrome plan irked Pan American Airways which felt entitled to first call on any subsidy for transatlantic air service.
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Sabotaged by a rival shipbuilding firm the seadrome is slowly sinking.
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Two points to be settled: could public works fund be used for construction outside U. S. sovereignty? null a U. S. seadrome chain across the Atlantic produce angry growls from foreign powers?
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So remote seemed the seadrome idea that it stirred little comment from the industry compared to the shrill yelp of suspicion, terror and ridicule aroused by the "flivver" plane plan.
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