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Word: blaggard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Kelly, 10-year-old orphan from New Haven, Conn., was tragic. Patrick had arrived in Washington with 21 textbooks on grammar and spelling, including a "dictionary" by Patrick Kelly, containing over 4,000 words hard to spell. Somehow he had overlooked "blackguard," and when the word-giver pronounced it, "blaggard," Patrick said, "Huh ?", and then spelled it just the way it sounded. Every one liked Patrick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bee | 6/29/1925 | See Source »

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