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Word: crotton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...Dips of Crotton Sips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gloomy Debate | 6/19/1944 | See Source »

John Dewey Rides Again-One Christmas, Humorist Perelman decided to trim a Christmas tree. Advised Mademoiselle: "Dip tips of twisted cotton strips into India ink." Author Perelman went to work muttering: "Tip dips of twisted crotton sips. . . . Sip dips of cristed totton tips." Finally he surrendered to House & Garden's "inspiration of the season-an upside-down-evergreen tree swung from the ceiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gloomy Debate | 6/19/1944 | See Source »

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