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Word: perthon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...give the characters a certain lisp, slightly detracts from the serious effect. So, when the beautiful heroine clasps her hands, rolls her eyes and cries, 'Why do you perthitht in perthecuting me? I am innothent!' it sounds funnier than if she were speaking her lines in 'perthon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 26, 1928 | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

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