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Word: aspidistras (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...British Empire and a police captain's badge good in Santa Monica, Calif., Comedienne Gracie Fields arrived for a vacation in the U. S. after patriotically entertaining Tommies at the front. For Manhattan ship newsmen she sang this extra verse of her famous song, The Biggest Aspidistra* in the World: They're going to string old Hitler From the very highest branch Of the biggest aspidistra in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 26, 1940 | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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