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Word: neckless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could order, 'Cut off his head.' " In Cincinnati, a society reporter named Marion Devereux had incalculable influence over everything but her own prose style. A woman's gown was her "toilette"; on several occasions she referred to an enemy's appearance in a "lovely bead neckless"; bachelors were referred to as "young celibrates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/5/1982 | See Source »

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