Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 14, 1966
Transcript:
Lucy shouts, "Linus! The bus for camp is leaving! Linus! Where are you?"<BR><BR> Lucy walks up to the doghouse and asks Snoopy, "Have you seen Linus around here?"<BR><BR> Snoopy points with his ear.<BR><BR> Lucy drags Linus out of the doghouse. Linus shouts, "Traitor! Quisling! Squealer!" Snoopy thinks, "A hideout this isn't!"<BR><BR>
I wondered what ‘quisling’ meant for years until I studied World War II in high school and learned about Vidkun Quisling, Nazi collaborator and puppet ruler of Norway until 1945. He was executed for high treason after the war and his name is still used as a synonym for ‘traitor’