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Word: donalda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...million, missing the daily 7 p.m. episode of Un Homme would have been as unthinkable as substituting English for French. Listeners hissed Miser Seraphim Poudrier as he added to his $70,000 hoard and forgot to mention his avarice at confession. They sent gifts to his wife, Donalda, symbol of saintly suffering. These two main characters are so real that in Quebec "Seraphim" now means "miser," and good Catholics are "as saintly as Donalda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: A Man & His Sin | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

...scribbles the next episode, he acts out the lines, snarling like Seraphim, whimpering like Donalda. He insists on working alone. "I have but one friend in all this world," says he, striking a John Lewis pose. "If you want strength, you must live alone. The real puissance . . . the real force, comes from having no friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: A Man & His Sin | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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