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Word: farmerish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Trim, glib, tireless Mrs. Katharine St. George would not be downed. Her opponent for the Republican Congressional nomination in New York's farmerish, four-county 29th District was earnest, colorless Lawyer Augustus Bennet. As a Good-Government candidate in 1944, quasi-Republican Bennet had unseated Republican Ham Fish. Mrs. St. George, who takes her Party straight, had a low opinion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: St. George & the Farmers | 9/2/1946 | See Source »

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