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"Not that I know what a Spitzbube is, but it's the Germanest word I can think of."
Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926
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"Not that I know what a Spitzbube is, but it's the Germanest word I can think of."
Fanny Herself 1917
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He would linger yet, but the big foreman would call him "Spitzbube!" and would cuff his ears.
Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches Kenneth [Illustrator] Frazier 1875
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