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Word: faw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hannen Swaffer, peninsula-nosed old bonebag who rattled out such fee-faw-fum dramatic criticism that London's Laborite Daily Herald turned him loose on the Tories, arrived in Manhattan with his hair in its usual bun, his tongue as tart as ever. Two new Swafferisms: 1) on Winston Churchill-"[His] opposition . . . has been childishly futile"; 2) on Britain's No. 1 Cinemagnate J. Arthur Rank, who attends to Methodism no less than moneybags-"I don't think there is any Methodism in his madness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aphorists | 3/4/1946 | See Source »

...Whatta dey wanna go messin' around faw? Whatta dey wanna scrape up da choon gum of fa da sidewalks faw? Maybe dey wanna have a Park Avenoo over here instead of Broadway. Leave it ta hell alone or it won't be Broadway no more. Put up a sign dat says spit out your choon gum folks, dis is old Broadway; spit er out. Don't put no constrictions on da people. Leave 'em ta hell alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Jimmy, That Well-Dressed Man | 1/24/1944 | See Source »

...well as Urso I can Tadley wait to show them. Estenik if that's not so. Wilson one Ellis try and predict by how much Jawn will win." Knowing it Stahl in fun, Huey decided that the soldiers with the Navy on its Lee could not score more than Faw points...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey (pfc), | Title: Hu Flung Huey Flings 'Em | 11/5/1943 | See Source »

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