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schnitzel bank

schnitzel bank
 n.— «For example, that bench over there is called a schnitzel bank by the Pennsylvania Dutch. If you were English, you’d refer to it as a drawbreak.» —“Have Broadax-Will Time Travel” by Roy Underhill Mother Earth News Nov.-Dec., 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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