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Word: spitzbart (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...about to tumble about his ears. His vaunted party, and his heavy-booted Vopos, could not put down the rebellion; the Soviet army had to do it for him. The revolters had cried for many things, but above all they cried for the downfall of Walter Ulbricht: "Down with Spitzbart [pointed beard]!" "Down with the Ulbricht regime!" In the streets of East Berlin, he was burned in effigy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: The Coffinmaker | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

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