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Word: ound (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...speak of 'an Harrovian.' " But what, asked Lord Rea, would Lord Conesford do with one-syllable words? "In the case of an inn sign of a public house, would he look at it as 'A Horse and a Hound' or 'An Orse and an Ound'?" Lord Merthyr fell back on no less an authority than Fowler to prove that an hotel would be hopelessly old-fashioned-but to no avail. When the debate was over, the ans won out. Said aman Lord Merthyr of an-man Lord Faringdon, an Etonian like himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

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