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Calque of German Steckrübenwinter
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Today it means: The winter of 1916 to 1917, a period of profound civilian hardship in Germany during World War I, due to the Allied blockade, the German focus on supplying the military, and a poor harvest. Full definition →
Calque of German Steckrübenwinter
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.