dragrope

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ADJ.

successful

VERB + DRAGROPE

hold

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noun

1

A rope used to drag something.

Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was Molly, pulling away for dear life.

The side of our ship was wasp-coloured as befits a warship, black and yellow and streaming. Certainly the first operation of the dragrope had been successful until it jammed. There was no doubt of that.[…]

2

Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”).

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Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was

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The side of our ship was wasp-coloured as befits a warship, black and yellow and streaming. Certainly the first operation of the dragrope had been successful until it jammed. There was no doubt of tha