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Word: courtin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...where I belong." Murmured one radio engineer while Emmy and her "kinfolks" rattled the control-room windows: "She sure knows how to keep that program hopped up." A teetotaling, nonsmoking, unprofane Baptist, who forsakes parties and has remained unmarried because "I ain't got time to do no courtin'," Emmy gives the church 10% of her income and attends services regularly. She has made up about 60 songs, including several hymns. The most popular goes, in part: Oh Lord, please hear this message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Cousin Emmy | 12/6/1943 | See Source »

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