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Word: cattier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long forgotten, loyally attended. She exhibited fairly often, was always listed in catalogues as a pupil of David. But had she even known the violinist named Bruni? For the answer to that, Wildenstein went to the diaries of a certain Mme. Moitte, one of Mme. Davin's cattier friends. On Feb. 3, 1806, Mme. Moitte went to Mme. Davin's for dinner. She reported that the wine was inferior, that the fried cakes were undercooked, and that the candles "reeked of grease." As a final social note, she added that Mme. Davin sang and that Signor Bruni "played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: David's Admirers | 3/16/1962 | See Source »

...cattier than a back fence. Not even exotic maharanis are safe from Killer Diller, who tells people not to be fooled by the big single jewel on thai lovely Punjabi forehead. "I mean, it's got to be covering something," says Phyllis "Like, a tunnel." Much of her self-written act centers in the everyday household which she usually populates with schizos now and then tossing in a normal person like the mother who said, "Eat, Chester Have you any idea how many poor people in China would want that oatmeal?" Say Chester: "Name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: Killer Diller | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

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