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Where does the word ‘Trump’ come from?

Boston Calling

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It can mean ‘to blow a horn’, ‘to flatulate’, ‘to deceive’, and ‘to win’. Nina Porzucki examines all the various ways the word has been used throughout history. (Image: A Swiss Guard plays trumpet during a swearing-in ceremony of new Swiss Guards in Vatican City, on May 6, 2017. Credit: Tiziana Fabi/Getty Images)

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