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Word: bonzo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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While holding forth to one Bonzo, a critic, he had the happy idea for his book. "And I said to myself: If I were allowed to write one more novel only, what would I say, what would I put into it? I would resurrect my life, make it live, before my existence comes to an end on this strange and wayward star, resurrect my life while I am dying." Expanding on this theme as the ball proceeds around him, he relates to Bonzo what Resurrection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: True Experience | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

...observed the plebeian habits of 25 chattering monkeys, 50 impertinent parrots, two elephants, two brown bears, one polar bear, two spotted hyenas, one striped hyena, 13 lions, two tigers, two wolves, five leopards, two dromedaries, a pelican, a crane, a leaping kangaroo and a sloppy old sea lion named Bonzo. Wondered the Manchester Guardian: "Will they bring the circus habit into the glades and meadows of Whipsnade? Or will the old circus performers keep themselves entirely to themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Beatty & the Beast | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

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