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Word: raiding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fame may be considered a Spanish masterpiece. It is another way of saying: "I will not be taken for a lecherous old swine like Primo de Rivera." For any Spaniard would recognize the allusion to an occasion when the Chief of Police of Madrid personally conducted a raid on a celebrated bawdy house, thundered on the door, and then slunk away as the proprietor whispered through the chink, "I can't let you in, because Primo is already here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Blinding Flash | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

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