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Word: minestra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...Peter Wolfe ordered soup in an Italian restaurant, and the waiter served it with his thumb in it. Wordlessly sending it back, Wolfe wished he had had enough Italian to call the waiter "a dribbling, senile fool!" or at least snarl at him: "Tolga il suo sudicio dito dalla minestra!" (Get your dirty thumb out of the soup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Dribbling, Senile Fool! | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

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