virago
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The Virago is still listed as missing on Lloyd's Register of Ships - a marine classification society - which said the vessel was built in Hull in 1871.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2022
The SS Virago was sailing from Hull to the port of Odessa, then part of the Russian Empire, but never made it out of the English Channel.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2022
Virago began in Ms. Callil’s apartment, an attic bedsit off the King’s Road.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022
There were no female writers on his shelves, but her mother introduced her to authors including Cather and Richardson, who were later published by Virago.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022
Virago, vi-rā′go, or vī-rā′gō, n. a masculine woman: a bold, impudent woman: a termagant.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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