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Word: epaulets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sultan is the nominal autocrat of three countries, in each of which somebody else is the real boss: French Morocco, the northwest shoulder of Africa; Spanish Morocco, its epaulet; and Tangier (overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar), the chip on the shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOROCCO: Great is the Sultan! | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

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