berlin : Idioms & Phrases
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berlin airlift
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noun airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
WordNet
Berlin black
- a black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; used for coating the better kinds of ironware. Ure.
Webster 1913
Berlin blue
- Prussian blue. Ure.
Webster 1913
berlin doughnut
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noun a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam
jelly doughnut; bismark.
WordNet
Berlin green
- a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
Webster 1913
Berlin iron
- a very fusible variety of cast iron, from which figures and other delicate articles are manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in imitation of bronze.
Webster 1913
Berlin shop
- a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and the materials for such work.
Webster 1913
Berlin work
- worsted embroidery.
Webster 1913
irving berlin
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noun United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
Israel Baline; Berlin.
WordNet
west berlin
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noun the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989
