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Word: chowderish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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Usage:

...more he seemed endowed with the same charisma that won and held popularity for Dwight Eisenhower. In appearance he is a slender man with a boyish face, an uncontrollable shock of hair, a dazzling smile. In manner he is alert, incisive, speaking in short, terse sentences in a chowderish New England accent that he somehow makes attractive (even when he pronounces Cincinnati as "Since-in-notty" in Cincinnati), reaching with no apparent effort into a first-class mind for historical anecdotes or classical allusions. Like Ike, who is 27 years his senior, he projects a kind of conviction and vigor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Candidate in Orbit | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

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