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Red Cross

noun

An international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime.

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... Afloat. Shamrock and Thistle; or, Young America in Ireland and Scotland. Red Cross; or, Young America in England and Wales. Dikes and Ditches; or, Young America in Holland and Belgium. Palace and Cottage; or, Young America in France and Switzerland. Down the Rhine; ...

— Up the River - or, Yachting on the Mississippi • Oliver Optic

... at dinner-parties, led to endless wrangles, gave zest and point to the peace that made those dinner parties possible, furnished an excuse for retrenchment here and there, and brought into vogue great bazaars and balls for the Red Cross ...

— Dangerous Days • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... somewhat slow. Tom said that was one of the times when it paid to be sure rather than to try to make speed. And from the fact that not once did they cause poor Walter to give a groan it could be seen that these careful litter-bearers fulfilled their duty fully as well as Red Cross or hospital attendants ...

— The Boy Scouts of Lenox - Or The Hike Over Big Bear Mountain • Frank V. Webster

... of the Red Cross in America, many direful calamities have afflicted the country. In each of these visitations the Red Cross has acted in some degree as the Almoner—the distributer and organizer—of the bountiful measures of relief that have been poured out ...

— A Story of the Red Cross - Glimpses of Field Work • Clara Barton

... dear Jem; it was you who made the generous sacrifice. Have no scruples about me; I am content with the part of Una's Lion, only thankful that Sans-Loy and Sans-Foy had not quite demolished him before he had seen her restored to the Red Cross Knight.' ...

— Dynevor Terrace (Vol. I) - or, The Clue of Life • Charlotte M. Yonge

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