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Word: jowl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...clings to the judgeship and he lives in "Allright-niks Row, Riverside Drive. . . . The Ghetto called anyone who was well off-one who is all right in this world, that is, well fixed- allrightniks." Meyer is well fixed-a great beast of a man. "Haunch, paunch and jowl" his enemies had called him. It pierced his hide a little, that name. He remembered it in critical moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Haunch, Paunch and Jowl* | 1/14/1924 | See Source »

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