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Word: persimmons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Skunk, Squash. The DAE pudding, however, contains many a juicy plum. It shows English being enriched, from the earliest days, by borrowings from the U.S. From the Indians came possum, persimmon, punk, skunk, squash, succotash; from the Dutch, cruller, sawbuck, scow, slaw, snoop, stoop, waffle; from the Spanish, cafeteria, calaboose, lariat, mustang; from the German, cranberry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Talking United States | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

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