Molographed, molegrabbed?
From a US movie, 1945. This is what the soldier says:
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened to Paul Revere if he'd waited while one if by land, two if by sea was being ******* for five thousand— What's the matter, honey?
I guess the sentence is inspired by the Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride", although the missing word isn't in it. I can't make it out, but it sounds like molegrabbed, molographed or molegraft. None of them are in my dictionaries, so I guess he is using another one that sounds alike. Can you tell me what it is and what it means, please?
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It sounds like "monographed", but that doesn't make sense. More context would be helpful. What is the name of the movie?
- It sounds like "monographed", but that doesn't make sense.
- More context would be helpful.
- What is the name of the movie?
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It sounds like "monographed", but that doesn't make sense. More context would be helpful. What is the name of the movie?
0The word must be heliograph. This is a wireless communication system used over short distances between ships in WWII. Paul Revere was signaled using lamps in the church steeple. This device uses shutters and mirrors to reflect sunlight and send coded messages.
Like telegraph, it could have been used as a verb with the past and past participle form Heliographed.
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