Trucial Coast

[ troo-shuhl ]

/ ˈtru ʃəl /

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Origin of Trucial Coast

trucial, equivalent to truce + -ial, referring to a maritime truce created in 1853 between Britain and certain Omani sheiks

Groups like the Crips and MS-13 have spread from coast to coast, and even abroad.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 29-Jan 4, 2014|William Boot|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This approach would greatly limit his appeal beyond the Northeast and the west coast.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are still large tracts of the island, particularly on the north coast, that are undeveloped.
Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So too does Inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the Gold Coast.
Paul Thomas Anderson: The West Coast’s Scorsese|Nick Schager|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician|Rich Goldstein|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two Battalions racing due North along the coast and foothills with levelled bayonets.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Every day they are gaining more strength, as is seen by the presence of so many of them on this coast.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
New France has an exceedingly varied sea-coast, indented by bays and rivers, broken and irregular.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
A traveler coming, wet and cold, into a country ale-house on the coast of Kent, found the fire completely blockaded.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Their territory extended 400 miles on the Atlantic coast, and "from the Atlantic westward to the South sea."
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell