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Word: perkier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cuckoo-pated employer, Berty Wooster: "If there is one quality that distinguishes him, it is his ability to keep the lip stiff and upper and make the best of things. Though crushed to earth, as the expression is, he rises again-not absolutely in midseason form, perhaps, but perkier than you would expect and with an eye alert for silver linings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Back at the Old Stand | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

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