Word: parplischirm
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That is to say, Saarlanders of today are racially and linguistically almost pure Germans. In Saarlouis they call their umbrellas Parplischirm, a bastard word, half French (parapluie), half German (Regenschirm), but not since the Paris Peace Conference have many intelligent neutrals believed that there were any great number of Frenchmen in the Saar...
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