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Word: menjetek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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Usage:

...woman whose husband had failed to make good his escape: she wanted to go back to join him, Kadar or no Kadar. While the delegates talked to her, the crowd outside burned the banner with its Kadar effigy, stamped on it, spat on it. The cry rang out: "Menjetek a pokolba" (Go to hell!). Only fast work by their driver saved the Communists on their getaway. Again, screaming refugees leaped on the car and pelted it with mud as it sped off. Two days later, pleading "so few" applicants, the repatriation delegation called off all further camp visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY,: Of MUK & Mud | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

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