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Word: catfoot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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William Saroyan can raise the same kind of stirring laugh that Chekhov could. Sample: Jim Dandy's henchman reads him a sales letter from one ex-Jockey Earl Catfoot ("Why should you go without? Go with. . . . Don't be a sucker-be a winner."). The pessimist comments: "It wouldn't help." Says Jim Dandy, controlling his temper: "You may be mistaken. Weighing one hundred pounds, the man has ridden horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in the World, Nov. 17, 1941 | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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