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

Almond eyed Chinese solemnly walked the floor never cracking a smile, even when one of the cannibals slid across the floor and left a black streak, they were planning revenge on the Jews who were making eyes at their women and Grank their cider...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: THE CRIME | 11/19/1926 | See Source »

There are two factions: One is headed by Grand Duke Kyrill, cousin of the late Tsar, who styles himself "Tsar of All the Russias"; the other, by Grank Duke Nikolai Nikolaievitch, first cousin once removed of the Tsar and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Imperial Army, who opposes Kyrill's pretensions on the ground that they violate the wishes of the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna and the Romanov family council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Tsarist Heaven | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

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