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Word: plzen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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Pilsner beer is still manufactured at Pilsen, which, since it became a Czecho-Slovakian city, spells its name Plzen. Certain German patriots urged a boycott of the famed Bohemian beer, pointing out that the breweries were forced to donate part of their profits to CzechoSlovakian schools in which German children are forced to learn Czech. They also reminded German "beer-swuzzlers" that there was plenty of good German beer with which to "swuzzle," and that Czechs never "swuzzled" with any but their own beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Note | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

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