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Word: justina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...pennies to Leander's family and moves with haughty assurance from painting to the piano to whatnot, casually giving them up in turn and winding up in her old age as a Red Sox fan. But not even Honora can stay in the same league with old Cousin Justina, who is richer still (she married a five-and-dime prince) and dominates the lives of a little circle of pathetic hangers-on who are dependent upon her charity. When she discovers that Leander's son Moses is making nightly trips across the roof of the huge house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Twilight for Leander | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

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