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Word: dishpit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Musing on fighting words that could be and had been legally sent through the mails. General Hugh Samuel Johnson, himself no tyro at invective and abuse, suggested a few more: '"asymptote" ("a daisy of a word"), "parasang," "Cush-ping Dishpit." ("an evil sound and no meaning"), "yellow-bellied sap-sucker," "boat-bottomed grackel." "bottle-nosed puffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 19, 1938 | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

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