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Word: macbethian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

Lottie's vanity in wearing tight shoes, and the presence in town of a "Westopractor," suave quack, supply Mrs. Bascomb with tools for a Lady Macbethian coup. She engineers the perfectly healthy, stupid girl into bed with "spine trouble." Hypochondria sets in. Lottie is bedridden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: First Mother | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

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