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Word: frontporch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...heroine of Author Barnes's bestseller, which Miss Skinner tailored to fit herselves, is a girl who marries the wrong man. In 1900 Edna was a small-town blonde, a frontporch girl. In 1937 she is white-haired and miserable in the luxury of a New York penthouse. Reason: she jilted the simple-hearted brakeman who loved her for an ambitious young lawyer who loved success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Full-length Skinner | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

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