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  • Herero women, preserved from the 19th century fashionable clothes of German frau's and fraulein's.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • I would have time to ponder the extraordinary dresses worn by Herero women, preserved from the 19th century fashionable clothes of German frau's and fraulein's.

    Address at the Opening of the Tourism Indaba 2003

  • There they are taught all the housewifely arts that delight a good frau's soul.

    The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1897

  • The dispenser of justice suggested that instead of trying to recover the value of the dry goods, a suit should be instituted for damages to his frau's honor.

    The Camp Jester, or, Amusement for the Mess. No Author 1864

  • a German couple, and one night, when the old farmer had come home with the money paid him for his sheep and hogs, she stole the last cent he had, pocketed all the oold frau's silver spoons, poured kerosene around the floor, set fire to the house in several places, locked the door and ran for her life.

    At the Mercy of Tiberius 1872

  • "Well, they make a snorting story out of what I give them; the frau's friends read it and think she's done something smart.

    Cappy Ricks Retires 1918

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