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Word: butterflyish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...much.' we gushed. 'Two Congressmen told me they plan putting it into the Congressional Record' . . . 'You nervous about going on?' we inquired . . . 'Should I be?' Ike chuckled . . . 'All of us on the air,' we told him, 'get a little butterflyish as airtime approaches. Don't we, Mr. Montgomery?' . . . meaning Robert Montgomery, the President's fried and null director . . . 'you have a punchy line in your speech,' we said. 'The one about having to be suspicious about enemies, who used peace negotiations as Pearl Harbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: WW in the W.H. | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

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