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Word: gismo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...fighting ability of the U.S. Marines is never questioned. But sometimes soldiers and sailors are irked by the signs of conscious superiority inherent in every Marine. In Gismo (meaning "gadget"), a publication for all servicemen in the South Pacific, this pent-up irritation was let out in doggerel "believed to be by a sailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MARINES,PERSONNEL: Those Brass-Button Queens | 5/1/1944 | See Source »

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