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Word: meneer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Prince stood up. Complete silence. Old Boer Senators leaned forward, hand behind ear in order that not one word of the Prince's English should escape their Dutch-hardened tympanums. "Meneer die Speaker," began the Prince in Boer Dutch. He got no further for some minutes. The Boer "rebels" let out one roar : Ous Prins! (Our Prince) and secession of South Africa from the British Commonwealth lay, apparently shattered, on the floor. Cheers, table banging, clapping, Boer and British songs finally over, the Prince continued, still speaking Dutch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Among the Rebels | 5/11/1925 | See Source »

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