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Word: goteborg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...Prince ordered a stiff glass of brandy for the sailor, forgetting that under the Swedish "Goteborg System" spirits can be furnished only when solid food is also ordered. The barmaid, mindful of the law, refused to furnish a glass of brandy to the namesake of that mighty toper, Gustavus Adolphus, unless the Prince would order at least a bit of smorbrod...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Prince, Sailor, Brandy | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

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