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Word: groebli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...skaters that brought down the house each night were Frick & Frack, a pair of Swiss comics. Frick & Frack have been a scream ever since they first skated together in their native Basle three years ago. Frick, whose real name is Werner Groebli, was a student at the University of Zurich. Frack, born Hansruedi Mauch, was studying at a business school. One holiday afternoon they set to burlesquing some of their pompous neighbors who acted as though they owned the rink. Onlookers tittered merrily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: On Ice | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

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