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Word: gaibt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Also your translator seems to have blundered somewhat. "Gaibt gore nix drum fer maid hame nemma" means "doesn't care at all for taking girls home," not "likes to take a girl home." At the most, taking "gabit gore nix drum" as an understatement, it might mean "doesn't mind," but "likes" would be "gleicht," derived from the German adjective "gleich," meaning equal, similar, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 30, 1937 | 8/30/1937 | See Source »

...Abie Walbert fon drous hinnich da Lechaw Kerrich drin secht, er gaibt gore nix drum fer maid hame nemma fon da picknicks, yusht's dade'n so narafich mocha bis er sie g'frok'd het. Da onner owet hot er aenie hame shnarra wolla fon dons on Shamrock, ow'r in blotz fon sawga 'Darf ich mit d'r hame lawfa, 'hot er g'sawt. 'Its akinda feicht tonight.' 'S maid'l is noh laenich hame, un so is aw der Abie." Translation: "Abie Walbert from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pumpernickle Bill | 8/9/1937 | See Source »

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