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Word: taschenbuch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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Usage:

...eine Cocktailparty in Munich two years ago, a bookseller complained about the prevalence of Americanisms to Fritz Neske, an author, and his wife Ingeborg, a linguist. The Neskes decided to catalogue the terms that had become common. Their recently published Dictionary of English and American Expressions in German (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 314 pages; $1.85) contains 3.000 of them. Sales of the dictionary have been brisk, even though it has not yet made die Bestsellerliste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Dictionary Headed For die Bestsellerliste | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

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