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banana republic

[bə'nɑ:nərɪ'pʌblɪk]
polit. Bananenrepublik f
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banana republic [bə'nɑ:nərɪ'pʌblɪk]
contempt. a small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity traditionally bananas and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government (The phrase "banana republic" was coined in 1904 by the American writer O. Henry • At that time we had a treaty with about every foreign country except Belgium, and that banana republic, Anchuria. (O. Henry, 1901) wiktionary.orgThe banana workers of this former banana republic were exceptionally well organized and effective in their demands from the very beginning of the revolution. (2001))

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