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Word: high-collared (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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Usage:

...flood Herbert Hoover got off a train at Mound Bayou, Miss. and danced on the station platform with a Negro woman. George Akerson, Hoover's aide-de-camp, had a hard time refuting this canard without offending either white or black voters. "It was just like asking old High-Collar Herbert if he had quit beating his wife." chuckled Statesman Bilbo. "He couldn't say yes and he couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Southern Statesman | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

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