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- noun Plural form of
Prussian .
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Examples
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My countrymen and I mean a certain and intelligible thing when we call the Prussians barbarians.
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Various
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Now we, the French and English, do not mean this when we call the Prussians barbarians.
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Now we, the French and English, do not mean this when we call the Prussians barbarians.
The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian 1905
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My countrymen and I mean a certain and intelligible thing when we call the Prussians barbarians.
The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian 1905
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My countrymen and I mean a certain and intelligible thing when we call the Prussians barbarians.
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Another kind, much used in summer by the Germans in America, and more particularly by the Prussians, is that known as 'weiss bier,' or white beer.
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We rode back to the city as if on business, as if we knew nothing of the matter; there we saw that all the landraths, hofraths, commissioners and all similar rubbish were bowing low to us; they all trembled and turned pale, like those cockroaches we call Prussians, when one pours boiling water on them.
Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Adam Mickiewicz 1826
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As a matter of fact the Prussians were a Slavic people wiped out by the Tuetonic Knights.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Russians are RSM95 figures and the Prussians are my own Potsdam Miniatures.
Schacht bei Ritterbrucke - Part II Der Alte Fritz 2008
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He called the Prussians and English Merde because he knew the pride and honor of the true warrior in battle.
On My Word of Honor 2007
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