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Word: strassen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...Strassen frei, Fenster zu!! Clear the streets! Close the windows!" bellowed imperious policemen patrolling the battle-scarred districts in armored cars. After nearly 50 policemen had been wounded they warned that anyone appearing at an open window would be shot. Despite the warning, curiosity was too much for three old women and for Charles Eray Mackay, a newsgatherer from New Zealand. Reporter Mackay ventured out on the street, the old women out on their balconies. All four were shot dead by the watchful police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bloody May | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

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