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Shanghaiing, slave trading and 'black-birding' are
definitely non PC these days. Nevertheless in the archaic world of words, they
form a group. To be 'shanghaied' was to be drugged and kidnapped for service
aboard a ship - in contrast to being dragooned, that is forced or coerced to
serve in the Calvary.
On the other hand - my trusty thesaurus also has
shanghai as a breed of domestic fowls with long legs and feathered shanks, said
to have originated in Shanghai, China. It does not say they had black
feathers.
Ian Fraser, do you also have any ideas
please?
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