"Mortarville" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Catchword for “Mortarville”

Catchword: Mortarville

Filed Under: English, Iraq, Military

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: On the Front Page of Stars and Stripes (Which is free in Iraq) the paper goes on to tell the world that LSA (logistics support area) Anaconda is now nicknamed Mortarville but is’s okay they are used to it and will not get more money to be used for base defense.

Article or Document Title:
“Who will you vote for?” (URL)

Author:
“Carleeann”

(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
New Castle News Discussion Forum

Publishing Location:
Penn.

Date of Publication:
Oct. 23, 2004

This cite belongs to a full entry for Mortarville.

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