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Word: bronxian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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Usage:

Capp's characters speak in odd dialects. Dogpatch folks do not talk like real hillbillies but as Capp feels a hillbilly would probably talk if he lived near the Skonk Works all his life; his Lower Slobbovians speak a language flavored with Bronxian gutturals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Die Monstersinger | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

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