The German word Zaunkönig means “wren,” but literally translates as “king of the fence.” This is part of a complete episode.
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U.S. President Thomas Jefferson has been credited with the first use of belittled in print. The word appears in his 1785 Notes on the State of Virginia. This is part of a complete episode.
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