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Word: francoprussian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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With youth, the "antique look" this spring is in. Students in Paris and London have been ransacking secondhand stores for old uniforms dating back to the Crimean and FrancoPrussian wars. But in the U.S., uniforms are generally out in favor of the Frank Nitti gangster look, including palm tree-studded ties and double-breasted pinstripe jackets. At Dartmouth, the particular "drinking uni" (for uniform) at the moment is the "blow-lunch look" (so called, one student explains, because "when you look at one of those ties you want to blow your lunch") topped off with a Red Baron Flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fads: The Follies That Come with Spring | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

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