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Word: mycroft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...happened to be the brother of the president of Columbia University, but to the State of Washington and the nation at large he was not even a potent name. In fact, Nicholas Murray Butler's brother is as enigmatic a figure as Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Brother Bill | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

...Mycroft Holmes, a member of the Diogenes Club and a mysterious but invaluable attache at the Foreign Office, was even smarter than Sherlock, whom he assisted in "The Greek Interpreter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Brother Bill | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

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