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Word: mam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sort of a man who loves to hide his capacity for love and loyalty under a leering, winking mask of sexy chatter and innuendo ("Let me tell you," he assured young Albert, referring to the departed French governess, "there was many an occasion I went up to Mam-selle's boudoir to give her a long bong jour . . ."). Charley alone is enough to show why Novelist Elizabeth Bowen considers Henry Green "one of the living novelists whom I admire most." But Housemaid Edie, who builds their furtive little affair into a full-blown storm of love and wedding bells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Molten Treasure | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...small café, Mam'selle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Whistler's Hit Parade | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

...rendezvous, Mam'selle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Whistler's Hit Parade | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

...were you, Mam'selle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Whistler's Hit Parade | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

Last week Goulding's background music had leaped to the front of the Hit Parade. Mam'selle jumped from 25th to first place on sheet music best-seller lists in ten weeks. Said Whistler Goulding proudly: "When you whistle you're naked. You can't play covering chords to conceal the fact that you haven't got a good tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Whistler's Hit Parade | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

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