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Word: antemeridian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Columnist Walter Winchell thought he had a hot tip on a romance. In his column last month, he passed it on in the leering questions: "What was His Honor, the Mayor, buying in Tiffany's the other antemeridian? Some doodad for his delovely?" New York City's Mayor O'Dwyer denied it. Not being a radio commentator, he said, he couldn't afford Tiffany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Doodads & Denials | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

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