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Word: parsees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The most alluring is Red Knees, who has a "massive brain" and knows "the kings of England and all kinds of scam like that." She charges. Dobie for help with his homework, gets 7? a sentence for a parse job, 10? apiece for the provinces of Canada, 80? to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Peach-Fuzz Bluebeard | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

From somewhere in the Bel Air mansion overlooking Hollywood, the butler appears with four squirming Yorkshire terriers and one beribboned miniature French poodle. Off in a corner, a burly, bald man toys with a tape recorder. "How do you parse champagne?" he asks suddenly. "How do you imprison it on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: How to Write a Book | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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