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Word: knightlier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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Courageous, chivalrous, when he ran for the first of his three Congressional terms seven years ago he talked from a wheel chair, said of his opponent: "No knightlier spirit than Edgar Watkins ever went to worthy combat or shivered lance at Camelot or Stirling." Himself lost in Camelot's misty lore, Knight Upshaw may often think in terms of questing a Holy Grail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Earnest Willie | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

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