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The settlement was named after the immigrant ship's captain Hahn ( "dorf" is a German word for village) and was a vital stopover for stage coaches in the 19th century.
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Or put “dorf” at the end as they do in Austria, so they sound silly. jack lecou Says:
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In the Christmas parades in each town (dorf) Samichlaus still comes along with Schmutzli, and lots of big cow bells and drums, when night has fallen.
December 2008 2008
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In the Christmas parades in each town (dorf) Samichlaus still comes along with Schmutzli, and lots of big cow bells and drums, when night has fallen.
Laser eyes 2008
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“Mageyfe in dorf” (An Epidemic in the Village), “A shed in feld” (A Demon in the Field), “Der letster veg” (The Last Road).
Rokhl H��ring Korn. 2009
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A larger city, like Lemberg or Czernowitz, was called a shtot (Yiddish: שטאָט); a smaller village was called a dorf (Yiddish: דאָרף).
Maureen Dowd picks up "a vibe so weird and jittery, so at odds with the early thrilling, fairy dust feel of the Obama revolution." Ann Althouse 2008
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I follow his pony tail out the door and through innumerable villages ending in - dorf and smelling like granny apples.
Frankly 2007
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In October, the 28th Bomb Group, a B-29 unit stationed at Grand Island Army Air Field, Nebraska, deployed to Elmen-dorf, Alaska, for six months temporary duty (TDY) training in arctic operations.
Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990
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; ', "I say we must name Arentol as Lord Mayor -, now!" roared the florid-faced, bulky merchant Phil-dorf Gelbbeek.
Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987
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They had not spoken since the days at Kummers-dorf, at the old Raketenflugplatz.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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