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Word: dressin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peer is to confer the title on oneself, Dexter sensibly did just that. "It is the voise of the peopel," he explained in his firm, aristocratic prose, "and I cant Help it and ... it dont hurt A Cat ..." Born in 1747, America's first peer started life "Dressin of skins for briches & glovs," would probably never have grown too big for his briches had he not spent every penny of his savings buying up U.S. "Continentals" and state securities-and harvesting a fortune when the infant Congress decided to redeem such "trash." Yankee Trader Dexter's finest feats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man's Last Chance | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

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