pretransportation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ transportation

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pretransportation (not comparable)

  1. Before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).
    • 2013, David Hunt, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, volume 1:
      James went through the courts and spent months in a crowded cell without anyone realising he was a she. After the sentence was commuted, her gender was revealed during the compulsory pre-transportation bath and an appeal was lodged for her pardon.
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