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Word: fingerbowl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shrieking hysteria; it will thus attain to a shrill crescendo of asininity. The effect of the whole thing is comparable to that produced by a firecracker exploding in a bowl of whipped cream; by this time the worthy General Johnson must feel something like a well-used intellectual fingerbowl. It is not entirely without significance that the American Legion was the most prominent thing in the parade, for it bore a strong resemblance to a Legion convention, with, however, one great difference: last night the Legionnaires were sober...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PARADE | 10/26/1933 | See Source »

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