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Word: theotocki (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...cheer King George emerging from the palace opposite. It was moving to learn that Venizelist officers disgraced in the revolt of 1935 had now pleaded to be sent to the front; and to learn that foreigners, especially Greek-Americans, were signing up: men like 36-year-old John Theotocki, a hash king from Kansas City, who said: "We cleaned up the gangsters in the United States and now we've got a tougher job here." But when the Athenians heard that the Italians had sent their bombers over other Greek cities, that Greek women and children had perished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BALKAN THEATRE: Episode in Epirus | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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