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Word: ouiscon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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Usage:

...sentimental poets, they ended up as much Greek as Indian. In fact, they were American-the first ingots from the great U.S. verbal melting pot that put the second "C" in Connecticut (no one knows who did, or why), made Wyoming out of Mecheweami-ing, Oregon out of Ouiscon-sink (though some Irish patriots still insist that O'Reagan is the obvious source), Laughing Waters out of the onomatopoetic Minne-baba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Adam-amd-Eve Alley to Zigzag | 4/30/1945 | See Source »

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