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Word: fluster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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Billie. If there was any ambiguity of gender in the title of George Cohan's most recent American musical play it was removed when pretty Polly Walker, in a fetching fluster, confessed: "That's my name, Billie, and my daddy's was the same, Billie." Her confession was made on first meeting Jackson (in the previously popular non-musical version known as "Broadway") Jones. He had inherited money from his uncle and Billie was his uncle's secretary. For commendable reasons, Billie wished Jackson not to sell the avuncular corporation, a chewing gum one; she urged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 15, 1928 | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

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