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Word: perfectos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Manila last week a Filipino could clip a perfecto on whose gaudy band was a picture of President Sergio Osmeña, and light it from a match pack carrying the picture of fiery Manuel Roxas y Acuña. Over Manila streets and provincial roads, campaign banners fluttered from bamboo arches. Poster-covered jeeps careened through the towns. The first contested presidential election in Philippine history was at hand (April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Mud & Cigars | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

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