English Explanatory Dictionary

Turnip Winter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Turnip Winter the Turnip Winter

Etymology

Calque of German Steckrübenwinter

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