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Word: coltsfoot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Usage:

...they sold out in less than five minutes. On Thursday huge cans of cucumbers were available for about half the average monthly wage. Bottles of beer and slivovitz -- hoarded or, as many mutter angrily, stolen -- are available at outrageous prices. Puzic bought toothpaste, soap and a bundle of broad coltsfoot leaves. "I've never eaten it before," she sighed with a dubious glance at the tough, shiny weeds normally used for treating asthma. "But what else is there?" In Sarajevo outright starvation is not a threat, though hospitals are reporting cases of scurvy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guns Now, Butter Later | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

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