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Word: kazoo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sets the mood with chapter headings that consist of fine, nostalgic bits of flotsam from the Bissell memory (e.g., "No knowledge of music is necessary, merely place kazoo to lips and hum your favorite tune''1). His love scenes, which he plainly relishes, are never tedious. ("'The question is,' I said into the sweet smelling hair, 'whether a man of my age could become a Hotel Executive without any previous training. Your hair smells like springtime in Comiskey Park.' ") And the conversation around the plant sounds almost as if it had been taken down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Life in a Pajama Factory | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

...faces that she had found surefire in attracting her father's attention. She played billiards on the third floor with her brothers, and harmonized in the music room with her sisters. She beat out hot rhythms on her brother's trap drum and played aggressive solos on kazoo, ukulele and banjo. She admired and envied her stately older sister Clara ("The Duchess"), and made life both miserable and exciting for her younger sisters, Mary Jane and Josephine. Mary Jane recalls: "I can't count the number of dark closets Ros locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Comic Spirit | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

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