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Word: gnomish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lancaster, a gnomish dandy who looks at the world across one of the most magnificent pair of mustachios still in private hands, sees the history of Drayneflete as a steady upward climb until it reaches the 18th Century. From then on, esthetic disaster follows esthetic disaster until the stage is set for the final horror: the Drayneflete of Tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: This Other Eden | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

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