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Word: harelips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...were the delighted slaps and winks, the chewed cigars, the roguish stories passed from lip to lip amid shouts of, "Brother, you surely made a sale with that one" . . . "Let me tell you a red-hot one" . . . "Now down south they say" . . . "The one about the man with a harelip and the woman with St. Vitus' dance. . . ." It is true that among the 3,000 owners or executives of dry-goods stores who checked into the hotel there were several who did not know how to be regular fellows, and even a few individuals who thought they could attend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dry-Goods Men | 2/22/1926 | See Source »

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