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Patna came a low rumble, on which the sound of the word Schwein fluttered high and low like a capricious feather in a faint stir of air.
Lord Jim 1900
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From the thick throat of the commander of the Patna came a low rumble, on which the sound of the word Schwein fluttered high and low like a capricious feather in a faint stir of air.
Lord Jim 1899
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All the way they shouted "Schwein" and taunted us in both languages.
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Having called us "Schwein," at high noon they brought in the swill.
In the Claws of the German Eagle Albert Rhys Williams 1922
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He must have thought the "Schwein" family rather a large one!
Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany Nellie L. McClung 1918
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The inquiry was put to me the other day; and, as I could not answer it, I turned up the article "Schwein" in Riehm's standard "Handwörterbuch," for help out of my difficulty; but unfortunately without success.
Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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But if you press the "English" button on the machines, and then try to buy ANY of the discount cards, the machine suddenly forgets how to speak English, and suggests that perhaps the Amerikaner Schwein would like to pay full price?
Today: Munich 2009
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In northeastern North Dakota, near Devils Lake, Schwein said there has been a decades-long trend of unusually wet weather that has lasted since 1990.
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My mother was Irish and spoke not a lick of German, but if she was German, I'm sure she would have told me, "gehen Bürste Ihre Zähne, Sie schmutziges Schwein".
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While the traditional Wiener Schnitzel is made of veal, it is now sometimes made of pork, though in that case it is often called Schnitzel Wiener Art (Germany) or Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein (Austria) to differentiate it from the original.
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