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Word: phogbound (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Many an Abner fan can still recite the poem with which Liddle Noodnik, the shivering infantile princeling of Lower Slobbovia, welcomed Senator Phogbound to his wretched kingdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Die Monstersinger | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...rage is usually supplanted by a mood of hilarity and revivified cunning. When the pro-Republican Pittsburgh Press protested that his venal, pompous and reactionary politico, Senator Jack S. Phogbound, was a calculated libel on the reputation of the U.S. Senate, Capp had a soft and devilish answer. He replied that he knew nothing of politics but what he read in the Pittsburgh Press, that Phogbound had been suggested by that newspaper's editorial attacks on Democratic politicians, and that he was not only hurt but genuinely amazed to find the Press damning instead of applauding his creation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Die Monstersinger | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

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