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Word: carsonish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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Usage:

...from the unsociableness of space: in that vast hall, the play's intimate, childlike mood never quite lassoes the audience. But what was always brightest about the play-its procession of cockeyed characters through the swinging doors of a waterfront dive- still has considerable lure. Its old Kit Carsonish liar, whose opening gun is "I don't suppose you ever fell in love with a midget weighing 39 pounds," its beplumed society lady who springs to her feet when a Salvation Army hymn strikes up, its old woman jabbering rapid-fire Italian, its nervous swain constantly dropping nickels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Week in Manhattan | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

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