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  • Apparently, special trains can transport young people to their favorite vacation spots, and two expressions were used “jugend-train” and “party zug”.

    Matthew Yglesias » Pourquoi Blogger? 2007

  • Thus each stand would represent a zug, or platoon of 60 men.

    Happy New Year! Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • Thus each stand would represent a zug, or platoon of 60 men.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • As stated in my earlier post at the end of 2006, I am leaning strongly to using 10 stands of 2 files and 3 ranks for the Prussians, with each stand representing a zug platoon.

    On The Work Bench Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • In battle, the battalion was divided into four grand divisions, as noted above, with each grand division broken down into 2 zug or platoons of 75 men each.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Der Alte Fritz 2007

  • A grand division consists of two platoons of men, or roughly 150 men, or 75 men per platoon zug.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Der Alte Fritz 2007

  • Given my German has deteriorated from "ist dis de zug nach Berlin, bitte", I had to look it up.

    Archive 2006-09-24 Miss Snark 2006

  • Then she travelled on by the post-zug, a slow train, and arrived at Trieste at half-past eight in the morning where her eyes were gladdened by seeing her husband waiting to receive her on the platform.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Thus Blogorg, who got to zug-zug Lana, passed on his genes.

    Terri Schiavo news 2005

  • Miss Snark, the literary agent: Ist das die zug nach Lake Como?

    Ist das die zug nach Lake Como? Miss Snark 2005

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  • Waterproof leather used for boots. (From The Phrontistery)

    October 17, 2008

  • nope.

    the smallest cannon in a row of cannons.

    October 17, 2008

  • Gee...*thinking really hard*

    I wonder whether it could be both?

    October 18, 2008