pretransportation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pre- + transportation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Adjective
[edit]pretransportation (not comparable)
- 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.