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1 story matching oarlock
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:oarrock, overlock, oar, sherlock, lock
- The Waterfront Pirates Who Stashed a Household in Tacoma
A Seattle liveryman and a police officer followed a trail of stolen oars and tools to West Passage, where two men had turned a small cottage into a robber's roost.