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Word: shanko (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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Usage:

...digging like terriers in the foothills near Jijiga, preparing for a pitched battle to protect the country's only railway. Sinking huge anti-tank pits, their bottoms filled with spiked stakes, many big enough to hold an entire platoon, the Ethiopians sang a new song as they worked: "Shanko ingiillar leba! The white men are the thieves of the ages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FRONT: Between Rounds | 10/21/1935 | See Source »

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