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Word: hoaxer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been yanked off sale in Canada, was feeling better. A Canadian cinema producer had the rights to Mencken's A Neglected Anniversary (deadpan history of the bathtub, written some 30 years ago), and Mencken had a gratifying contract: in exchange for rights to the old hoax, the old hoaxer (who is a connoisseur of brews) was guaranteed two cases of Canadian ale a month for the rest of his life. Further, he did not have to return "the bottles and containers or other cartons in which such ale is shipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 13, 1947 | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

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