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Word: sergey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...held Sergey McTavish by the collar of his astrakhan tunic and the seat of his breeches, kicking and wriggling like a retriever pup. Then he swung the boy up level with his shoulder and threw him sprawling on a snowdrift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: All Round Europe | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

...ended the six months' career of Sergey McTavish as mascot of the Seventh Battalion of Red Army Riflemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: All Round Europe | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

Thenceforward the story proceeds to get Sergey McTavish into more and more trouble. Finally he rescues an American called up before a shrewd Soviet Judge who has a parrot. Each prisoner must poke his forefinger into the parrot's cage. If parrot bites finger, the sentence is Death. Smart Sergey McTavish saves the American's neck by rubbing garlic on his finger, causing parrot to cringe, not bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: All Round Europe | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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