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Word: gassion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...owner heard and hired her. He dressed his tiny discovery in a simple black dress and changed her name from Gassion to Piaf-argot for "little sparrow." The scrawny singer with the hoarse, throbbing voice that seemed far too powerful for so small a source was an instant success. Soon all France was listening to her tender, shamelessly sentimental songs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: The Sparrow & the Dilettante | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

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