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Word: maggi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only places where no one could understand us. Generally comprehension increased if you asked for "viskey" instead of "whiskey," but shopping remained a difficulty. We once solved the problem by inducing a black marketer who wanted to change a few guilders to help us buy the routine quota of Maggi soup, meat, and bisquets before entering monetary negotiations...

Author: By Mary CHANNING Stokes, | Title: Social Notes From All Over: Students Abroad | 10/18/1949 | See Source »

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