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Examples
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Whether there is in fact a connection between clout and klauen I cannot say.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As a speaker of German M.A. in history, Goettinger University, I instantly recognized the German verb klauen as a slang or colloquial term for “to steal.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Whether there is in fact a connection between clout and klauen I cannot say.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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If klauen did enter English and become clout in the same sense that I suspect, then more than likely it came through Yiddish rather than from German.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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If klauen did enter English and become clout in the same sense that I suspect, then more than likely it came through Yiddish rather than from German.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As a speaker of German M.A. in history, Goettinger University, I instantly recognized the German verb klauen as a slang or colloquial term for “to steal.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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If klauen did enter English and become clout in the same sense that I suspect, then more than likely it came through Yiddish rather than from German.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As a speaker of German M.A. in history, Goettinger University, I instantly recognized the German verb klauen as a slang or colloquial term for “to steal.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Whether there is in fact a connection between clout and klauen I cannot say.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As a speaker of German M.A. in history, Goettinger University, I instantly recognized the German verb klauen as a slang or colloquial term for “to steal.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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