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Word: comstockian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1920
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There is much serious verse that is good, an editorial that smacks of Lampy's halcyon days and a free translation into Chinese English of the Jimmian equivalent of "two threes" as "one couple in the royal bath for three exalted minutes"--which is not altogether Comstockian. Mr. Choate's and Mr. Behn's drawings are, as ever, exceptionally good, and there is a mildly amusing article on the annoying miscellany of "drives," as well as a Biblical distortion that is funny in spots. On the whole the number is a pleasant one, calculated to "tickle the great American public...

Author: By Stoddard B. Colby., | Title: SPIRIT OF XMAS IN LAMPY | 12/20/1920 | See Source »

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