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Word: adonisian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Authoress Vicki Baum, whose dramatized Grand Hotel has made a hit on Broadway, tells a light-heartedly lubricous tale of an Adonisian swimming instructor and the damage he did at a German summer resort. Martin was a serious-minded young man (he had invented a paper substitute for cinema film) who found himself temporarily out of a job and turned his hobby into a cab-horse. But he was beautiful as the day, and women of all girths and dimensions flocked to his instruction. Martin was kindhearted, with a good digestion and an equable temper; but before the summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Children of All Ages* | 8/17/1931 | See Source »

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