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Word: donnez (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...earning less than her husband ($500,000 v. $750,000), Elizabeth sat conjugally by his side, interrupting every hour or so to ask: "Don't you think it's time we went home, Richard?" "Yes," replied the bilingual Burton. "When I've finished my drink, Garcon! Donnez-moi une autre bouteille de rotgut, s'il vous plait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Location: The Green Shills of Africa | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

...poorer ones can't read them. Not that a lot does not get lost in the translations. In the original version of a Zane Grey Theater episode, the villain burst into a saloon, hammered his fist on the bar and growled: "Gimme a redeye!" The French version: "Donnez-moi un Dubonnet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Spreading Wasteland | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

...Scotch is the chic drink. Françoise Sagan's heroes and heroines would not be caught dead or in bed drinking cognac. When they ask for their Scotch by brand, most Frenchmen specify Ballanteen, Egg et Egg or Black et Huit. But mostly it's just "Donnez-moi un baby"-half a shot of Scotch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food & Drink: What Ever Happened to the Martini? | 12/14/1962 | See Source »

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