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Word: furbo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...journalists say 'honest!' . . . He does not promise them that the State will make their fortunes, but that, if they work the State will do what it can to help them. . . . The peasants, I think, do not show displeasure when they refer to him as un furbo, 'a crafty fellow.' He is, indeed, very, very astute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Dux | 10/28/1935 | See Source »

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