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Word: prussianest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Asiatic? At first glance he seems one . . . with his yellow skin, his saddle-nose between prominent cheekbones, and his Tartar moustache . . . a bully out of Brittany . . . an all too aged Cyrano . . . sitting by the fireside, in his peasant boots and grey suede gloves . . . uttering harsh words of scorn . . . the Prussianest of Frenchmen! . . . I could show you letters of German generals and princes who sigh: 'If only we had a German Clémenceau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: Harden's Contemporaries | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

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