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Word: blim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...head porter of Christ Church, Oxford University, bustled up to an American student one day last week to ask a most unusual favor. The porter wanted the Yank's signature in his "Blim [Blighters I've Met] Book"-an honor reserved only for Christ Church students who have made a special mark at Oxford. As everyone at the university knew, 23-year-old Donald Hall of New Haven, Conn, deserved such special attention: he had just won Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize for English Verse-the first American who ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Yanks at Oxford | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

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