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==Name== The name had its origin in the names of the Dutch partners, one of whom was Daniel Strauss, but sources differ on the exact name or names of the others. Some sources say that there was just one other, called Jules Perel. Others state that there was a third female partner, Lowann, the wife of Strauss,<ref name="DCEC">''Estraperlo'' in the ''[[Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana]]'', by [[Joan Corominas]], pag. 445 (10), Francke-Bern, 1954. {{ISBN|978-84-249-1361-8}}.</ref> but [[Paul Preston]] holds Perlowitz as the second partner.{{sfn|Preston|2013|p=102}} According to other sources, the name was in reference to the roulette machines (extra pearl).{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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