Word: cricklewood
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...almost hear him say it, the modern Oxford man, the "frightfully keen" British student of history and politics, the clip-voweled ex-President of the Oxford union, the fresh and lively standee for a Parliament seat from Cricklewood or somewhere. One has heard it often. It is quite true. It may be lamentable. It may be irrelevant...
...home, then rob her. At this crux, his tears accomplished what his nerve funked. Marcelle kept him that winter as "her man," a pathetic sop to her vestige of womanly honor. When Marcelle was jailed for soliciting, Monsieur Ripois was most adroit. He stole her savings and decamped to Cricklewood, where it occurred to him to advertise French lessons under a grandiose name...
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