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Word: crapper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...world sniffs at the new in a graceful London square, marred by the tidy vulgarity of a building bearing the legend: Thomas Crapper, Sanitary Engineer by Appointment to His Majesty King George V. Nearby lives a pale, spoiled young aristocrat, Tony (James Fox), who hires a "gentleman's gentleman" named Barrett. Clearly relishing the most substantial role of his career, Dirk Bogarde, perfect as Barrett, assumes a tea-party facade through which the gleam of hellfire is always dimly perceptible. He sabotages the young man's proper fiancee (Wendy Craig) with innuendo, attempting to drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Gentleman's Downfall | 3/20/1964 | See Source »

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