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Word: chirrups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rather steep comedown-in the end he jumps off a cliff. John, a much wiser young squire, gets home to England, where all ends with a nice, bucolic chirrup: "The kingcups and the wild daffodils were out in the water meadows; from the dovecot came the sudden passion and stir of wings." And Elfrida, the girl John left behind him, "had grown tall; under the sun she showed satin-fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mildly Mock-Archaic | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

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