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Word: blimpish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Blimpish Conservative Sir William Davison attempted conciliation: "Is it desirable," he began, "that Democracy be made a laughingstock by such a frivolous attack on the Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: War Nerves | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

Died. Evander Berry Wall, 79, New York-born Beau Brummel, last and most elegant dandy of the Gay Nineties; of uremia; in Monte Carlo. A legend in his own time, recognizable by his high spread-eagle collars, violent waistcoats, blimpish mustache, red chowchows, he moved to France in 1912, continued to fulfill his destiny by hobnobbing with royalty, haunting race tracks and salons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 13, 1940 | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

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