Word: wurst
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miserly, always shabbily dressed, old August Thyssen used to drink beer and eat wurst with his workers. Consistently he kept away from politicians and society, and when it was suggested that he appear at the German Imperial Court he replied that he had no suitable clothes for such an occasion...
...killed people, and Mamma said, 'Crime doesn't pay.' " On the boat, "Mamma came down to breakfast with us the first two days. She made us eat oatmeal. But then she didn't come down to breakfast any more, so we had pickles and wurst for breakfast. They didn't have any ice-cream for breakfast, but they gave it to us for lunch and dinner." Accustomed as they were to Continental cities, they were surprised that "New York is very crowded. And no one was ever singing or marching and everyone looked angry...
Bulgy and bald as a well-stuffed wurst is Herr Otto Schultzenstein, prosperous Berlin shoe factory official. Last week he successfully defied German efforts to punish him for possessing two wives...