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Word: frumenti (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Foul!' The house dick burst in upon him to see the splendid athlete holding his groin, moaning like a busted pipe organ, and refusing to come out for another round." To Fowler's generation of writers, New York was always the Big Town, a drink was spiritus frumenti, and Broadway was the Rue Regret. Reading Skyline with or without spiritus frumenti, one question is bound to arise: Where are the monkey glands of yesteryear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Along the Rue Regret | 2/10/1961 | See Source »

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