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Word: featherstonehaugh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Many a man may look respectable," says Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, himself the most respectable of cadgers, "and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase." Lord Emsworth opines: "Speak civilly to blondes, and they will speak civilly to you." And one of the deepest truths in all Wodehouse is expressed by the Oldest Member-a figure who sounds suspiciously like the author himself, now 69. "The true golfing spirit," says the Oldest Member. "That is what matters in this life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: P.G. Flitters On | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

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