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Professors of philosophy and science carrying high the patriotic banner of Kultur and culture gloried in the system of compulsory, universal, military service, first made in Germany exulted in the degrading, vicious process of training by which the individual is hypnotized into submission to a brutal organization of military junkers, hallowed by the name of state and Fatherland, it was the darkest period in the history of mankind.
Source: wiktionary
The dice are, however, weighted against them, so long as the present generation of Junkers and officials survives.
Source: wiktionary
An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include aristocrat, beat up car, clunker, jalopy, noble.
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