Word: carper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chronic carper, Mr. Simmonds found much good to report to British airmen...
...empty-handed carper, Gadfly Stout last year brought out a "Sky Car," a truncated, pusher-type two-seater, fitted purposely to suggest the oldtime Model '"T" Ford (TIME, April 13, 1931). It approached in form the plane which he foresees, a plane which will "stand on the ground horizontally instead of at a slant ... be reminiscent of a motor car or bus . . . have upholstery or trim so that one repeats some previous feeling of transportation security. . . ." If it is also foolproof, U. S. wives will say to U. S. husbands : "You can fly in that and I will...