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Word: contemptuous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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...thud and gasp and bleeding till the knees fail and the head goes dizzy." But the Poet says: "[The best thing in the world] is a mixture [of] great wads of unexpected money, new landscapes, and the return of old loves." To which the third man, oM Grizzlebeard, retorts contemptu ously: "All you young men talk folly. The best thing in the world is sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sailor, Poet, Grizzlebeard | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

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