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Word: polly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eventually shot by anti-Fascist partisans and then hung by his heels alongside his mistress). When Italian newspapers questioned whether the dictator's widow really deserved more money-plus the return of three Mussolini farms that the government had confiscated-Donna Rachele retorted: "Non facciamo ridere i polli" (literally, "Let's not make the chickens laugh"-meaning "Don't be silly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 17, 1972 | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

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