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Word: nellyism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...book of reminiscences, Past Imperfect (Doubleday, Doran; $3), broadcasting Actress Ilka Chase cut loose from the Nice Nellyism required by radio, let her pen run on without inhibitions. Sample (of her youthful meeting with Novelist George Moore): "Moore was a spindly-legged, pot-bellied, bejowled little man, and he unexpectedly pinched my behind. I felt rather honored that my behind should have drawn the attention of the great master of English prose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

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