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- noun Plural form of
Luxemburger .
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Examples
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The Irish, once the poor of Europe, became richer than everyone but the Luxemburgers.
Ireland Charles Forelle 2010
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Those lushy Luxemburgers, those grog-swilling Granite Staters!
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These princes and lords made them ready with great number of men o£ arms, of Almains, Bohemians and Luxemburgers, and so came to the French king.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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As to the Luxemburgers, it must be borne in mind that though of German origin they were French by sentiment and upbringing -- I quote Dr. Seton Watson from memory.
From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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Luxemburgers are strong for rambling through the world and men of the regiment encountered scores of both men and women who had been to America and the majority of them said they were going to return as soon as things got settled down.
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From these Luxemburgers men of the regiment got an insight into happenings behind the lines that were very interesting.
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He is authority for the statement that there are more Luxemburgers in the city of Chicago than there are in Luxemburg city.
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During the last year of war the Germans had no money and the thrifty Luxemburgers began to consider them a pest.
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They were quick to learn that the thrifty Luxemburgers were short on soap and valued a cake of soap above all things else.
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No one likes to have soldiers or civilians quartered on him, and the Luxemburgers were friendly to us only as a matter of policy.
War in the Garden of Eden Kermit Roosevelt 1916
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