"If this is a press gang," Lyle remarked, "you should know that my diet is extremely poor, I'm too tall for trenches and I blow away in a light breeze."
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Press-gang
Synonyms for "press-gang" (2 found)
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13 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мобилизирам принудително verb (to force into military service)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 强征入伍 verb (to force into military service)
- 抓丁 verb (to force into military service)
- 抓壮丁 verb (to force into military service)
- 拉丁 verb (to force into military service)
Dutch
1 entries- ronselaarsbende verb (to force into military service)
Finnish
2 entries- pakkovärvätä verb (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do)
- shanghaijata verb (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do)
German
2 entries- zwangsrekrutieren verb (to force into military service)
- zwingen verb (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do)
Welsh
2 entries- dirdorf noun (group that forces others into service)
- y près noun (group that forces others into service)
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