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Word: digamma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...persistent than Billy Bunter of Greyfriars. A round, owlish fellow, he is forever stealing other chaps' "tuck" (cakes, cream puffs, tarts, toffee). He is hopeless at athletics, can't seem to spell ("I wood have toled you myself but you wood not lissen . . ."), is perpetually in a "digamma," and is constantly delivering such Bunterisms as "How sharper than a thankless child it is to have a toothless "serpent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Forever Bunter | 8/24/1953 | See Source »

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