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Word: henchwomen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...rally in Shanghai's New Fairy Forest ballroom last week. A delegation of ten, led by graceful, limpid-eyed Meng Yen, queen of the Metro-Goldwyn (no kin to Hollywood) dance hall, was promptly dispatched to Nanking. From headquarters at the Security and Happiness Hotel, Yen and her henchwomen bore down on the National Economic Council, the Ministries of the Interior and Social affairs, the Legislative Yuan. Functionaries sent word that they were out, so the girls left notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Off with the Dance | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

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