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Word: dovey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...last act, and the playwright pastes on a happy ending, including love, faith and a wholesome dose of moral retribution. Miss Brady, as usual, ably projects her emotional scenes. But she, like any other performer who would essay the role, looks ridiculous in the heaping portions of lovey-dovey that were just too darling about the last fringe of the Victorian period but smell even more pungent than camphor balls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 9, 1927 | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

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