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Word: attar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...shall pervade the earth like an attar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: Poetry Is Not Enough | 8/14/1944 | See Source »

...worthy of mention. ... Johnny didn't smell like a rose. Even a bad head cold wouldn't have availed you. He really didn't smell bad on purpose. He was a dull normal, his mother probably a moron. When verbal warnings failed to beget the desired attar of roses, teacher moved him four seats from the nearest pupil and by gesture and innuendo, if not by edict, conveyed to the class the idea that Johnny was ostracized. This technique worked beautifully. Johnny too got the idea. They were against him. Ergo, he was against them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Shortage of Fagins | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

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