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 n.β€” Β«The Budapest Eveninger Esti Hirlap said the last consignment of an important order from Lebanon had just been routed to Szeged, a south Hungarian town.Β» β€”β€œHungary exports cowboy blue jeans” by AP in Budapest, Hungary Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) Dec. 9, 1965. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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