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Word: individual (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fame in the world whose 'girls' were all more than seventy years old." ^ Therese, the 250-lb. cook, "was a 'numero' in all senses of the word." ("A 'numero' . . . was one degree lower than a 'type,' but less severe than 'individu.' ") Armed with a butcher's knife and fortified with three liters of red wine (her daily quota: five liters), Therese was formida ble. She endeared herself to the local wags by surreptitiously serving the unpopular Navet "chat farci" -stuffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gamins & Spinach | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

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